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June 3, 2013

Bait, Fish, and Reel Report for May 2013

Holy moley May was a craaaaazzzyyy month!  I'm not even sure I can untangle all these numbers, but I'll try my best! .... 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

Filed Under: Bait Fish and Reel, Conventions and Workshops, Living the Vision, Poems, submissions, Writing Tagged With: patrick rothfuss, progress report, submissions, word count, writing

May 30, 2013

Writing Prompt Wednesday: Progress on short story "The Transference"

Comment: Today for my Wednesday writing, I completed 733 words on my current short story WIP, tentatively entitled "The Transference" for the moment, but previously called also "Blackmarket Body".  I'm attempting to complete this before June 3rd so I can submit it to the Writer's Digest Writing Competition.  Toward that end, wish me luck!  :P  I have included a small excerpt here for your reading pleasure.  Hope you enjoy! *** Dimitrii smiled.  His teeth were remarkably straight.  “No, they ... View Post

Filed Under: Living the Vision, Writing, Writing Prompt Wednesday Tagged With: dialogue, short story, writing

May 24, 2013

1-800-BETS… ON?! How writing for publication is like gambling.

This post is about gambling.  But not the conventional type of gambling... there are no casinos or sports or races in this type of gambling (okay, well maybe you could call parts of it "racing"...!?).  THIS particular type of gambling refers to the gamble every individual who calls themselves a writer takes every time they send out something in the hopes of seeing it published somewhere. And recently I have come to the determination that if a person wishes to succeed in any way as a writer ... View Post

Filed Under: Living the Vision, submissions, The Learning Curve, Writing Tagged With: obsession, realization, submissions, the plan, writing

May 22, 2013

Writing Prompt Wednesday: "Blissful Childhood", a found poem.

Comment: A quick lunchtime post!  Found poetry is a great way to be quickly creative and keep those cogs turning! Blissful Childhood From an article on St. Mawes, Cornwall in a Travel + Leisure magazine! The text reads: Painted in pastel, winsomely nautical, my favorite one. We have arrived. Places speak unexpectedly, beyond a vision of who you might be. Living ever since. Come here to search out a key role, based on memories of blissful childhood. Enamored with bursts of wildflowers and ... View Post

Filed Under: Poems, Writing, Writing Prompt Wednesday Tagged With: poem, writing

May 15, 2013

Writing Prompt Wednesday: My second foray into Found Poetry…

Comment: I got a little blackout-happy on this one and accidentally blacked out two words I had meant to keep, so I wrote them back in between the lines. Whoops! Again, I found this very fun. Really enjoying this little process!   Continuum of Youth   The text reads: To create understanding, I asked the usual. Beyond this regard, I imagined inspiration or leftover odds, disparate parts, in my perspective- my friend, waking life... everyday summer not required. Closer to the ... View Post

Filed Under: Poems, Writing, Writing Prompt Wednesday Tagged With: poem, writing

May 11, 2013

How to Manage the Research Notebook from Hell: Part One of the RT Booklover's Convention Series

As some of you likely remember, I attended the RT Booklover's Convention last weekend, and to my great fortune made it to five panels, whilst also sending my undercover spy (aka my mother, lol) to a sixth. *NOTE: This post contains one minor expletitive, because it was important!* The first panel I attended was: The Research Notebook from Hell - Keeping Your Series OrganizedHow do you organize a multibook series, especially when you’re dealing  with the complicated worlds of urban fantasy, ... View Post

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