Tag: novel writing
Hit by the Sledgehammer of Inspiration
How it All Starts I start off my Thursday afternoon as I always do. I drop off my client to his therapist and hit the local Yogurtland to grab my favorite chocolate obsession and do some writing. I used to think that when I started working part-time, I would have […]
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The Long and the Short of it
As I have been mentioning, my critique group has now gone over my entire script for my second steampunk story. I’ve gotten a lot of good feedback, both in the Zoom meetings and in written notes. At 165 pages, I knew it was too long, but that’s how first drafts […]
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From Wannabe Writer…
I’m working through, “Your Goal Guide”, be Debra Eckerling. http://thedebmethod.com/yourgoalguide/ And I say “working through” because there are exercises, meditations, keeping a journal, etc. It’s one of the twelve books I want to read this year, but it’s one that I will go through one or two chapters a week. […]
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Two Paths
In GLAWS there is always a lot of talk about different paths to publishing: Traditional, Indi, Self-Publishing, Print-on-Demand, Kindle, etc. Ways of getting you work out there have become more diverse. Self-publishing used to be known as vanity publishing, but now it may be the right path for certain people. […]
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What Inspires Me, Part 3: The GLAWS Years
There’s the stereotype of writers sitting alone in their basements, tapping out their novels on their typewriters, but that is not the case. Southern California homes don’t have basements. Oh, wait, there’s more to that. Cheri Tree of Quattro University use to say, “There is no such thing as a […]
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Time to Check in on My Goals
Back on January 17th, I listed some goals I wanted to achieve in 2021. It’s about the end of the first quarter of the year, so let’s see how I’m doing: 2021 Goals Finish my second steampunk screenplay. This includes making changes based on the feedback from my critique group. […]
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Two Cool Things Happened Last Weekend. Here’s Number Two:
I had my ProCritique with an Editor. I signed up for this before the last conference. I also signed up for a ProCritique with an agent. I wanted to get the point of view of both an editor and an agent, but because of problems with email attachments, the agent […]
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Yet another fifteen minutes of fame.
Sat. Feb. 27, 4:45pm. “World Building: Are you ready to play God?”. Looks like I’m moderating that one, so I’ll be there. I’ve moderated this one before. It’s a fun topic. That was another successful panel. Better than the first time I moderated it last year. I always get a […]
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The California Creative Writing Conference
The CCWC begins this Friday at 6:00 pm. Here is the full schedule http://www.wcwriters.com/ccwc/program.html This will be a virtual event on Zoom and like the last one, it will go on for nine days. With a full schedule on the weekends and evenings on the weekdays. If you are new […]
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…And speaking about sacrifices…
Tonight, I’m working on sending in the beginning of my novel for two ProCritiques at the upcoming California Creative Writers Conference. One to an editor and one to an agent. The deadline is February 14th, but each critiquer has a limited amount of slots, so I wanted to get these […]
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