Since I have had some success getting novel chapters published as short stories and have won a prize or two along the way, Elizabeth asked me to write something about my process for the Book Writing World. My most important tool in this process is Poets and Writers magazine, to which I subscribe. P&W has […]
Contests, prize money and boosts: by Leslie Rodd Read More »
I’ve been a journalist and a fiction-writer-in-training for many years now, and I don’t feel as though it’s getting any easier with the passage of time. I’ve written so much and I’ve met so many nonfiction deadlines for daily newspapers; and yet, every time I sit to write, that all too familiar pit in my
Daily means every day, no exceptions: by Devi Laskar Read More »
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 »
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 »
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