Writers of the Future

Writing

I postmarked my Tiger Goddess story to WOTF on this the last day of the 2nd quarter.  It’s kind of short, but I did give it a twist ending they may like.  We’ll see. This may sound bad, but my main hope would be to finish at quarter-finalist, just cause that’s what my other stories

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Top Ten Reasons to be an Author

Just for Laughs, Writing

10 - You’ll never have to do any real work. 9 – Your friends will all be famous. 8 – No one will ever criticize your writing again. 7 – You can be a primadonna artiste and no one will complain. 6 – You can pick out a cool new name. 5 – You won’t have to study for a degree–the

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Organizational Desperation

Writing

My dh has been suggesting for years that I get all things writing organzied, so at last I ordered a file cabinet.  When it came, I used it (still in the box) for lovely wall decor for, oh–about four months.  Finally I got it put together, but still it sits empty of files or tabs.

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Sympathy for Agents and Editors

Writing

As promised, I’ve spent the last while studying hooks.  I’ve not progressed so far as to like the ones I write, but I am getting an inkling of what they’re all about.  I’m also working on my understanding of what catches the interests of the market. To further my lofty goals, I’m spending time in B&N

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New Blogging Finds

Home in the Rookery, Writing

We’ve arrived.  And though everything went off without narry a hitch, I still feel thoroughly flattened. So I’ll dodge any real blogging responsibilities and give you a few links I’ve wandered across. Rachel I’ve mentioned before, and is of obvious interest as she’s an agent in my genre. SSB has a funny site, and worse

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Writing and Marketing Commercial Fiction

Writing

I make no pretense about it–I want my writing to sell.  I am not ‘just writing for myself’, nor do I have pretensions of undying prose passed down through the ages. I do write from my heart, mind and soul.  I of course hope that what I write will have lasting impact and value, but

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Submiting Warrior’s Flame

Writing

I sent my dragon story, Warrior’s Flame, off to Realms of Fantasy today.  This is a story I worked on for a long time, and was a quarter-finalist at WOTF.  Since then I’ve trimmed some 3,000+ words. Very difficult, that.  Not only were there many ‘darling’ sentences, but two favorite characters had to go, and numerable funny

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Tips for a Great Book Signing

Writing

Now that I’m a bestselling author, with 16 book tours behind me, I thought I’d pass out a few words of wisdom. Err, yeah. But I did find a great outline of how to have a successful book signing for those of you who do have this on your mind, and hey, no harm in

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Submiting out of Stubborness

Writing

Last week, before our trip, I got Icarus ready to go to Trabuco Road.  They reopened their submissions on March 3rd, or there abouts, so my plan was to be ready and submit as soon as they opened.  But with issues stacked on excuses, I didn’t sit down to send it ’til last night. It was all

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This Week In Words 2-25-07

Writing

Dado >n. the lower part of the wall of a room, below about waist height, if it is a different color or has a different covering than the upper part. a groove cut in the face of a board, into with the edge of another board is fixed. the part of a pedestal between the base and

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