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March 30, 2013

Writing Prompt Wednesday… on Friday! A snippet!

Comments: A snippet of my short story tentatively entitled "Colorless."  Hope you enjoy!  - JRF *** Even through her young eyes, the world was colorless.  She stepped over the threshold of her home’s front door, staring in awe at her neighborhood street, her fingers trailing along the shiny top of the brass door handle before falling limply to her side.  The midnight sky was black as pitch, choked by columns of thick gray smoke that made her eyes sting.  She blinked back the tears, ... View Post

Filed Under: Writing, Writing Prompt Wednesday Tagged With: short story, snippet, writing

March 27, 2013

Writing Prompt Wednesday: … is delayed this week…

I apologize, but I'm not going to have a piece to post today, I am just too darn swamped with other things that must be done first.  It is very possible, however, that I might have something to post on Friday, so check back then!  :) Thanks to all of you for following, reading, and commenting!  I appreciate it! For now, enjoy this picture of my work environment.... LOL. ... View Post

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March 26, 2013

What I Learned about Prologues… WD Tutorial lessons!

As some of you know, I subscribed to the Writer's Digest Tutorials a few days ago.  Yesterday, I finally took the time to sit down and go through one of them, specifically the "Opening Up: How to Create Captivating Opening Pages" by literary agent Kathleen Ortiz.  You can find it and all other WD Tutorials here, if you are so inclined, and I highly recommend checking them out.  The subscription idea is a wonderful thing, too... unlimited access to all Tutorials, for up to a year if you wish. I ... View Post

Filed Under: A Girl Who Writes, Writer's Digest Tutorials, Writing Tagged With: captivating first chapter, cheetah on the roof, prologue, realization, tutorials, writing

March 13, 2013

Writing Prompt Wednesday: a poem "Sandstone"

I have decided to start posting something creative every Wednesday, based on prompts found in various places, or maybe sometimes just based on whatever pops into my head at the moment!  Today's prompt, though, is thanks to WriteWorld! "He wasn't sure it would hold his weight." he wasn't sure it would hold his weight, the diminutive little ledge of sandstone, hot orange in the midday sun. warm against his body the cliff presses, solid, false security. i won't let you fall, it whispers with ... View Post

Filed Under: Writing, Writing Prompt Wednesday Tagged With: poems, prompts, Writing Prompt Wednesday

March 13, 2013

Project List for March 2013

To help keep my thoughts in order these next few weeks, as we fast approach Camp NaNo (at reckless speed, really!), I decided to go ahead and track what I plan to get done for the rest of the month here, and cross items off the list as I go along.  So, let's see, my "Ta-Da List" for the rest of March (and it will surely be TA DA if I manage to get it all done!): Choose, prepare, edit, and submit five poems to The Animal Literary Magazine (it ended up being three poems, because the others ... View Post

Filed Under: Project List, Writing Tagged With: camp NaNo, critique circle, March 2013, progress report, Project List, short story, writing

March 5, 2013

Submission #1 – Living the Vision

Well... it's done. Today, I submitted my first short story, "In Morte, Omnia" to my first professional market, Clarksworld Magazine.  This process took weeks,  I don't even know how long anymore, I'll have to look it up in my Writing Journal!  Five drafts total, four wonderful betas, 3200 words (rounded up to the nearest hundred).  Every spare moment of many days spent researching possible literary markets, only to then remember the SFWA and find a whole new list of membership-qualifying ... View Post

Filed Under: 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself, A Girl Who Writes, Clarksworld Magazine, Cover Letter Advice for Fiction Writing, Living the Vision, Submission #1, submissions, The (Submission) Grinder, Writing Tagged With: In Morte Omnia, short story, submissions, writing

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