I am reading through my own manuscript and making a list of research and writing I need to do. I am also getting a stronger sense of the structure, and will probably deposit the draft, piece by piece, into Scrivener. In particular, I am looking at how I will interweave the back story. The question […]
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Good morning. Having an extra day before the start of the week is kind of useful. But it does now feel like Monday, doesn’t it? How was your long weekend, my writers? I am opening this post so that through the week, I can add to it as I find tidbits I want to share.
Treasure: Quotes and Links and Prompts, Oh My! Read More »
Write down: An ice cream flavor A season Your favorite saying A class you never took but wish you had Something that’s in your dresser A texture that repels you Now: write your next scene and incorporate everything you wrote down in response to the list above. Surprise yourself.
“The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.” – Henry David Thoreau I have been thinking about this quote lately as I labor away on my “woodshed” –
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Three new things coming to the BWW and a new episode of Writing Truths!
Episode 2 PLUS Three New Things Read More »
In an effort to be more timely, we’re updating more often. We’ll have one new post on the site each week just giving you new insights to what’s going on at the BWW, new interviews either we make or find really interesting and of course, we’d love to hear from you about what you’re dying
Book Writing World Updates Are Here! Read More »
There’s a lot of drama in writing books, and I don’t mean in the content of the stories. The long labor of writing, how much you have to get wrong or just get down before you figure out what you are doing, the many obstacles our minds and real life put in our way: this
The marvelous Jacqueline Luckett was a student of mine many years ago. Now she’s a published author with a two book contract with a MAJOR New York publisher! Here we talk about writing under contract v. writing that first book when you don’t know if it will sell. We talk about writing groups, motivation and
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It’s Pitch and Premise Week in the Book Writing World. Most of you will be working on pitch, whether developing your pitch or making use of your pitch for writing and revision. Some of you will be looking at premise, another pithy way to nail down your book. And on the call, we will be
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VIDA, an organization founded in 2009 to “explore critical and cultural perceptions of writing by women through meaningful conversation and the exchange of ideas among existing and emerging literary communities” has posted The Count, a tally of the women reviewing, being reviewed and being published at various top literary magazines and the like. The numbers
Should Women Submit? Read More »
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