Last night one of my children and I both got sick. He recovered much more quickly than I did, which meant that I was home, trying to relax and recover, with an energetic almost-five-year-old. I still managed to read through and edit about twenty pages of my manuscript. I’m at a pretty fun stage in […]
The Best Laid Plans: by Elizabeth Stark Read More »
This is the second part of the plot blog I began yesterday. In the Book Writing World, we have been discussing plot time and again…and again! (It may sound like I’m complaining, but I’m not! I’m grateful, since it’s an important part of my book with which I’m struggling :)). During the last mentoring class,
Plotting, Always Plotting: by Devi Laskar Read More »
During a recent mentoring class in the Book Writing World, we revisited the reoccurring subject of plot. As writers, it is central to our books that we have plot, at least one that is working (sort of). Of course, in an effort to sound novel and original we are not using the “P-word,” we are
Plot, Plots, Plotting, Plotted (part 1): by Devi Laskar Read More »
There’s a three-story atrium in the building where I work. Any moment of my workday, I might overhear people talking with others who are present or connected by cell phones. Some voices murmur their way to me, while other voices cut through my consciousness, inspiring me to post passive-aggressive status messages on Facebook wishing harm to the
Atrium Studies: by James Black Read More »
Here’s a shout-out to three things that have inspired me to keep writing this week (and made me laugh, too): The History of English in Ten Minutes! This fantastic cartoon goes through the evolution of the English language, where “we” borrowed and stole, and how and why we use English the way we do. Excellent
Roundabout: by Devi Laskar Read More »
Congratulations to our very own Mistress of Blogs, Devi S. Laskar, for the recent publication of three poems in The Tule Review (Feb. 2012), and for her upcoming author reading on April 9th in Sacramento, California at the Sacramento Arts Center. All Bay Area BWWers are invited to attend and cheer her on! Devi, a
More Kudos: by Leslie Rodd Read More »
My mother is a writer who refuses to admit she’s a writer. According to her, she doesn’t write anything real–a novel or stories or poems or blog posts. She doesn’t have much skill, she says; she just writes. Fine, I’ll play along with her, except: she writes to people I know, friends of mine who have
Less Shame, More Shamelessness: by James Black Read More »
When we are close to a manuscript, either drafting or revising extensively, it is nigh on impossible to know certain things about it. For example, it is hard to know how good it is. At moments it can seem fantastic. For me, this is especially true after someone else has said something kind about it.
Inventory and Distance: When to Keep Going and When to Pause: by Elizabeth Stark Read More »
As writers we are constantly struggling with writers’ block. There continues to be a steady stream of things we’d rather be doing than actually sitting in a little room by ourselves, and writing. You know, we could be at the movies or making kettle corn on the stove, or staring out the window, at whatever
Glorified Mad Libs: by Devi Laskar Read More »
Kudos to our BWW colleagues Here’s a brief shout out to two of our Book Writing World members! Congratulations on your recent successes. 🙂 As a public librarian, Leslie Rodd spent more than thirty years promoting books as well as reading to the blind, jail inmates and adult literacy students. On weekends, she worked on
Kudos to our BWW colleagues! Read More »
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