I’ve completed The Great Rewrite from third person POV to first. In my (not-so-humble) opinion, it’s a much better story now. I think I’m getting into Lontano’s head more easily and sharing more of his emotions. Now what? Well, I’m attending a virtual conference this week — from the League of Utah Writers — and…
This is a short prompt-driven story for a writing challenge I’ve joined. The prompt is Red Lipstick: “Will you shut up and put the damn stuff on already?” Tel ran a hand through his hair and glared at his drummer, blue eyes narrowed. Jason’s brown eyes blazed right back. “I didn’t sign up for this,…
I have successfully figured out (with a little help) how to arrange a freebies page – if you sign up for the newsletter, you get a FREE STORY telling how the band members got their nicknames. That took a bit of doing, I can tell you. First, I had to convert the story into three…
Got another form rejection letter this afternoon … On the other hand, I signed up for another virtual writing conference in August. It has pitch sessions with agents and publishers, so maybe I’ll get lucky with one of those…
Got my first “form” rejection the other day. Really fast, which means the guy probably just didn’t like my query letter. I doubt he had time to read over my sample chapters. Maybe should work on the query letter more …
Sent out four new queries today … we’ll see what happens next …
Here are some jokes that (maybe) only a writer will find humorous: Writing is 10% typing and 90% staring at your computer trying to find a better way to describe someone eating a piece of toast. When I die and y’all go through my search history, you’ll be disappointed to find mostly just definitions for…
I’ve decided to title the chapters with some of Tell’s song lyrics. Of course, this means I now have to write said lyrics … Here’s a sample of the inner workings of my favorite half-velyr: Do you see me? Do you know me? Am I just a backdrop scene? My Melancholy Around and around and…
So I tried this writing analysis website recently – I might have found why my science fiction isn’t “grabbing” the editors … I write likeAgatha ChristieAbout Agatha Christie | Analyze your text I mean, I adore Dame Agatha — who doesn’t like a good whodunnit? But shouldn’t I be writing like Isaac Asimov or Robert…