So I completely forgot that Wednesday was Wednesday this week. Just bear with me folks, I'll get my brain back in order one of these days! I meant to share this exercise a long time ago but then forgot about it, too, so now that I am remembering things again, I thought this would be as good a time as any to finally post it! The following is the result of a writing exercise done during the New Letters Writing Workshop at the University of Missouri- Kansas City. We were to take the ... View Post
Project List August 2013
So it's like the middle of the month, but better late than never! O_o For the last half of the month of August, I need to... Submit short story "The Transference" to Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Contest by September 1st. Edit two documents for two different writing friends. (Done! 8.18.13 and 8.19.13) FINISH FIRST ACT OF THE CONTEST ENTRY NOVEL. At the moment I'm having a hard time seeing how I can have this entire thing finished and edited by October 1st, but I'm not giving up just ... View Post
Bait, Fish, and Reel Report for July 2013!
Honestly, this summer keeps trying to wriggle out of my grasp! Well, I'm about to finally catch up with it, I think.... Someone once said that to be a successful and productive writer, one had to do the equivalent of “cutting bait, fishing, and reeling ‘em in, all at the same time”! This translates to writing as working on projects-in-progress while at the same time submitting completed projects to potential markets and also continuing to cultivate new ideas for future projects. In case you ... View Post
Belated Writing Prompt Wednesday: "Tides", a poem.
Written 8.8.13. Inspired by my recent trip to the east coast, during which I spent many days on various beaches (and one day on a whale watch), and loved every second. *** I stand atop a granite peak the ocean at my feet white sails on the horizon white wings across the sky with sun on my skin I watch the tide as it comes in with wind and salt in my hair I watch the tide as it goes out. I stand at the prow of a ship cleaving through the sea white plumes of whale breath on the horizon white ... View Post
Lessons from Nora Roberts: From Lovers and Labels to Dialogue and Description…
I have a confession: I have never been into romance books.I read one in college at the bequest of my roommate and while I did actually enjoy it, and it was a well-written and engaging (while generally cliché) story, I just never bothered to pick up any more afterward. I don't even remember the name of the book or author now.I am almost exclusively a sci-fi and fantasy girl. Sometimes a literary fiction, sometimes a non-fiction. But mostly just sci-fi and fantasy, whether adult or young ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: "Chase the Sun", a poem.
On a 5:50am flight this morning, we had the pleasure of rising above the clouds just in time for the sunrise, which was particularly spectacular from our vantage point and the cover of clouds below. I was unable to get a picture of it, so I wrote a poem instead. Here is my attempt at capturing the amazingness of this experience.... *** a horizon of lavender clouds brushes a blushing dawn a sky colored with sherberts stretching into a clear, hard blue the color of Caribbean waves the ... View Post
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