There is only one goal this month. This month which hath been dubbed National Novel Writing Month: Write 50,000 Words in 30 Days. Given that, you won't see me around these parts much until December! I might post a few lines up here of the NaNoNovel on Wednesdays, and if you follow me on Twitter you'll get glimpses of my noveling music (#StorySoundtrax) most every day of the month and a one-liner on Tuesdays (#2sdayTeaser). And the usual slew of interesting Retweets every other day. If you ... View Post
NaNoWriMo BOOT CAMP! Lesson Four: SURVIVAL!
WHAT'S SCARIER THAN A HORDE OF HALF-DECAYED ZOMBIES SHUFFLING IN YOUR DIRECTION WHEN YOU'RE FRESH OUT OF BULLETS AND JUST SO HAPPENED TO LEAVE YOUR AXE AT HOME??? NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH!!!! Forget about all that undead nonsense and unpack that Zombie Apocalypse Survival Kit you've been hiding in the back corner of your basement, cuz NOVEMBER IS COMING and it HAS NO MERCY and you're going to need those camp rations during your battle with words if you want to live to see December!!!! So get ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: "Intersecting Ciphers", a found poem.
*** a crossword puzzle intersecting and directly above more ominous the pathology of cryptology complex, albeit nonexistent wishful thinking found almost anywhere and creating patterns encryption technology with dubious cryptograms making the rounds a guilty confession of love embedded in spectacular sources claiming ciphers. *** From the article “For your Eyes Only” in the Smithsonian September 2012 issue, by Mark Strauss. (photo credit: myself!) ... View Post
NaNoWriMo: Are you Coddling your Characters?
Another great NaNoWriMo post! And RJ Blian reiterates here what I went over in Boot Camp Lesson Two: how to create memorable and realistic characters... and it is NOT by coddling them! So go forth fellow Wrimos and think of some really sticky situations for your characters to get all mired up in this November! Happy Writing! ... View Post
NaNoWriMo BOOT CAMP! Lesson Three: THE CENTER OF THE PARADOX!
SO, you want to be a rebel, eh?!?! You just HATE outlining, do you?? You just can't for the life of you figure out WTF is going to happen in your novel past Act 1?? You shudder at the very mention of ACTS and STRUCTURE and turn up your nose at all that "rubbish"?? Think you don't need to give any thought whatsoever as to the make-up of your novel before plunging into the 30 days and nights of literary abandon then??? BULLSHIT! GET YOUR SORRY ASS INTO THIS BOOT CAMP AND FIND OUT HOW YOU TOO CAN ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: "Summer Sledding", a short memoir.
I wrote this last year, actually, when applying for acceptance into the Institute for Children's Literature. They asked for a childhood story in 500 words or less on the application. This is what I came up with, and it is, indeed, a story from my childhood. :) I was accepted into the Institute for Children's Literature, but never enrolled. Now that I am coming up with some ideas for children's books though, I will have to reconsider! Hope you enjoy! *** When I was young, a refrigerator box ... View Post
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