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HOW TO CODE A SANDCASTLE by Josh Funk and Sara Palacios – Highly recommended!

by Debbie Ridpath Ohi Source link If you don’t have time to read the rest of my post, that’s fine. Here’s a one sentence summary: I love everything about HOW TO CODE A SANDCASTLE by Josh Funk and Sara Palacios, and I can’t wait until it launches from Viking Books For Young Readers and Girlss

3 Ways Writing a Shitty Rough Draft Can Save Your Career

by Anne Wayman Source link Writing a shitty rough draft requires some willingness. After all, that’s not what you want. You want prose that if not deathless, at least gets read by a number of readers and moves at least a few. I submit until and unless you’re willing to throw yourself into what yous

We Look for the Sermon in the Suicide

by JW Source link We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in the murder of five. We interpret what we see, select the most workable of the multiple choices. We live entirely, especially if we are writers, by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images, bys

How to Develop Your Creative Writing Process

by Melissa Donovan Source link What is your creative writing process? What steps do you take to get a creative writing project completed? Is your method sheer madness? One day, many years ago, I was working in an office. The executives were having a meeting to discuss new procedures. It was a hot day ands

How to Bust Excuses and Focus on Your Writing Like Ray Bradbury

by Sue Weems Source link Fill in the blank: I can’t finish my draft because _______. Are you sure that is what is holding you back? This is one of the busiest months of the year for me. I’m usually disciplined, but there are some especially busy seasons when writing is hard to prioritize. Ass

New Indie Book Release: The Shopgirl’s Prophecy (Anna Abner)

by Alan Kealey Source link New Indie Book Release: The Shopgirl’s Prophecy – Anna Abner Paranormal Romance (300 Pages) The Shopgirl’s Prophecy is about a ragtag group of powerful witches, tortured vampires, and sexy…

Contract Red Flag Alert: Perpetual License for Derivative Rights

by noreply@blogger.com (Victoria Strauss) Source link Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware SFWA’s Contracts Committee has recently been seeing a proliferation of contracts from small magazines, and a very few established markets, that license all derivative rights in perpetuity. This is a red flag for a number of reasons, even if these rights ares

Getting Comfortable (and Effective) at Selling Your Product or Service

by Sonia Simone Source link This week, we have some resources to help you actually Sell the Thing. Because you can create magnificent content all day long, pull together a wonderful audience, and produce a glorious product or service. But if you lack the skills to Sell the Thing, you don’t get the benefit ofs

Narrative distance definition (with examples for fiction writers)

by Fiona Bradbury Source link Narrative distance definition (with examples for fiction writers)

Garden Walks: Hand in Hand by Gary W. Burns

by SPR Source link In Garden Walks: Hand in Hand, poet Gary W. Burns has crafted a beautiful collection that acts as a vivid and meditative appreciation of love between people, and the love of nature. Burns achieves the semblance of a whole through splitting the collection into four parts: “Colorful Blooms,” “This Backyard Garden,”s