[From the Archive] Things They Don’t Tell You About
This is from really late 2009 or really, really early 2010… And now back to the revisions. _________________ With the internet and advances in technology, many new and aspiring writers are bombarded with new way to get their brilliant prose and poetry into the marketplace. The new options scream that you don’t need to go […]
[From the Archive] It’s Okay to Read
Many of us fans and writers have heard other professional writers say, “Oh, I don’t read.” This is usually followed by one of a handful of reasons/excuses. Yeah, that doesn’t fly with me. As writers, I believe we should all take or make the time to read. The most common of the excuses are “I […]
[From the Archive] Writers and Resolutions
I believe this is from late 2009 or early 2010. It would be a kind of yearly “no resolutions” post… ____________ 2010 begins in just a couple of days. Now is generally the time people start making their list of Resolutions. Discovering all the things they want to do or accomplish in the New Year. […]
[From the Archive] Holidays and Writers
Sorry I’ve let this slip for a couple of weeks. I think there aren’t that many more of these. This is from December 2009… _________________ Happy Holidays! As we approach Christmas and New Years, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by everything falling on our shoulders at once. So, how does a writer try to get […]
[From the Archive] Welcome to December (2009)
This is a pre-holiday shout out to the past… — Welcome to December. For all of you who participated in NaNoMo, congratulations – no matter what your personal outcome. Now we get to face the Holidays, which makes it even harder to find the time to write. But it’s possible to manage it all – […]
[From the Archive] When Good Ideas Go Bad
Good ideas can sometimes go very, very bad. This is happening to me right now. There’s an anthology I wanted to submit to, had a great idea. Started to work on it, and it’s crashed and burned horribly. First, I probably screwed up in setting it aside until closer to submission date instead of completing […]
[From the Archive] The November 2009 Don Punchatz Memoiral
Last weekend my husband and I attended the memorial “Celebration” for iconic artist, Don Ivan Punchatz. I’d never had the opportunity to meet Don Punchatz even though he lived not far from us. My husband had met him once or twice and was talking about getting him to come to FenCon. However, on October 22, […]
[From the Archive] Babies Can’t Write
Computers make our lives both easier and harder when it comes to writing. Easier because you can fix most mistakes before anyone sees them without having to retype entire pages because you forgot a comma or typed “teh” instead of “the”. They’re harder with all the things that can distract you while you’re trying to […]
[From the Archive] Slow and Steady – Goal Setting
From 2009, and something I need to get back to… “Slow and Steady”. Wow, with NaNoMo coming up, that sounds contradictory to what a lot of people are saying. Now, for those catching up – NaNoMo is the shortened version of National Novel Writing month. The purpose behind NaNoMo is to get people motivated to […]