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October 27, 2015
What does it mean to “make it” as a writer?
Today’s re-blog has 5 authors discussing what “success” means for a writer…
Originally posted on Live to Write - Write to Live:
Friday Fun is a group post from the writers of the NHWN blog. Each week, we’ll pose and answer a different, get-to-know-us question. We hope you’ll join in by providing your answer in the comments.
QUESTION: Success can mean very different things to different people. What does success as a writer look like (and feel like!) to you? Do you believe yo...
October 26, 2015
Readers & Libraries
Image Courtesy of Holger Dieterich ~ http://www.freeimages.com/photographer/holger-34231
I make the following statement on one of my Bio-pages:
“The reader is more important than the writer; but, books should never be written just for the reader—authentic writing is a must; yet, without the reader, the writing is unfruitful…”
I saw the following quote fromRoberto Bolaño in an article calledGood Readers Are Rarer than Good Writers in The Irish Times:
“Reading is more important than writing.”
H...
October 25, 2015
Developing Your Unique Writing Voice
Today’s re-blog explores how boundaries can free-up your creativity and make your “Voice” mature…
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
When we begin as new writers, we often just take off like a shot. Who needs to plot? Plotting is for sissies. Of course, failing to plot is a lot like failing to read the instructions. *whistles innocently* At the end of the day, the shelf leans like the Tower of Pisa and we can’t figure out how we only managed to use half the necessar...
October 24, 2015
A Chill – Short Story
Today’s re-blog is a story that will shock………
Originally posted on Tribalmystic stories:
Picture: Barbara W. Beacham
Mondays Finish the Storyis a weekly flash fiction challenge by Barbara W. Beacham. Barbara providesthe picture and thefirst sentence, and the challenge is to write a story of 100-150 words using the picture and the first sentence. Here is my story.
A Chill– JK.Leahy fiction
“Not knowing what to expect, he made his way into the dark of the forest.” Marcus ch...
October 23, 2015
“How to Become a Writer”
I put the title of this post in quotes because I needed some way to indicate that I was not going to be giving you the End-All-Be-All method for becoming a writer.
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Though, actually, if I give in to the urge to generalize, all you have to do to become a writer is to read as many good writers as you can while also writing until it stops sounding like crap…
I should add that “read as many good writers as you can” does not me...
October 22, 2015
5 Beliefs Preventing Authors from Self-Publishing and How to Overcome Them
There are so many “reasons” that folks decide not to publish…
Today’s re-blog explores a few and provides some great ways to do away with them………
Originally posted on FastPencil.com Self-Publishing Blog:
1. Shyness: “I’m afraid to share my thoughts with the world” When I first started blogging, I would get a huge adrenaline rush every time I was about to hit publish. I would start second-guessing myself, or be concern...
October 21, 2015
Why is the Authors Guild so Mad at Google Books?
I’ve written before about the Authors Guild of the U.S.A.—rather critical articles—seems they’re organized more to favor the legacy publishers than the authors…
Image Courtesy of Vince Petaccio ~ http://www.freeimages.com/photographer/VinnyPrime-51566
The Guild’s latest outrage is directed against Google Books.
Recently, a federal appeals court ruled that Google’s scanning of “snippets” from books, to present in their search results, was legally “fair use”.
Yet, according to an article in Con...
October 20, 2015
Weird Fishes
Today’s re-blog is by a writer who can describe what the writing-life is like, better than anyone I know…
Originally posted on Sky Diaries:
As writers, we don’t always go sanely towardour solutions. Instead, too often, we suffer toward them. Reasoned arguments are lost to us. Our little mental slot cars that get us from Chapter One to The End have flown off their tracks.
And, suddenly, everything we know is wrong.
There may be no worse feeling for a writer than suspecting t...
October 19, 2015
” I Don’t Have to Pay for an MFA in Creative Writing ? “
Click the Image to Enter the Do It Yourself Master in Fine Arts (creative writing) Site
Just in case you don’t know what an MFA is, it’s a Master of Fine Arts degree and, according to one source, it can cost $US 13,800 in a public institution or $US 36,300 at a private school.
I want to introduce the idea of doing the work for an MFA without paying for it; but, I should share a bit about a lesser goal first—the bare beginnings of learning how to write.
If you scroll down the left side-bar, yo...
October 18, 2015
My Love for Reading: Going from a Non-Reader to a Book Nerd by Amy Ralph
Today’s Re-blog is an incredible story about someone who thought they Hated to Read…
I think most folks will be quite surprised………
Originally posted on Nerdy Book Club:
As I sat down to write about my reading life my first thought was to reflect on how far I have come as a reader. Every member of the Nerdy Book Club loves reading and most of you have always loved it. Sadly, I can not say the same. When I was a child I was a non-reader who hated reading. I think this had a l...
