Marissa De Luna's Blog, page 15
March 1, 2012
A word is not the same with one writer as with another.
A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket. ~Charles Peguy
Where do I begin? Well H is working on my website which is all very well and good but not when we only have one decent compueter in the house. So yesterday - my allocated writing day - was hijacked by H wanted to do some stuff to my site (which by the way is coming along nicely) - I cant wait till its done.
I also had to try and link up my domian ...
Where do I begin? Well H is working on my website which is all very well and good but not when we only have one decent compueter in the house. So yesterday - my allocated writing day - was hijacked by H wanted to do some stuff to my site (which by the way is coming along nicely) - I cant wait till its done.
I also had to try and link up my domian ...
February 23, 2012
The best style is the style you dont notice.
The best style is the style you don't notice. ~Somerset Maugham
So from previous posts you will know that I am trying to sort out my website. One word = Nightmare. The formatting takes so long and is so fiddly - it makes formatting for kindle seem a breeze... well I suppose its a bit iof a lie- its not that hard but it is time consuming - four hours in front of the computer and you have realised you have just about managed the font. I spent yesterday evening having a look at other author...
So from previous posts you will know that I am trying to sort out my website. One word = Nightmare. The formatting takes so long and is so fiddly - it makes formatting for kindle seem a breeze... well I suppose its a bit iof a lie- its not that hard but it is time consuming - four hours in front of the computer and you have realised you have just about managed the font. I spent yesterday evening having a look at other author...
February 18, 2012
Fiction is the reproduction...
Fiction is the reproduction of believable emotional experiences.
I hope you have all had the chance to check out http://thelensandthequill.blogspot.com I have to say keep in mind that it's only roughly edited flash fiction. Really happy with the way our blog has come together and currently working on more short stories so keep checking the blog. For updates. I have also taken ten minutes to spruce up (yes it's a granny word I know) this blog. I have only just discovered tabs and stand alone p...
I hope you have all had the chance to check out http://thelensandthequill.blogspot.com I have to say keep in mind that it's only roughly edited flash fiction. Really happy with the way our blog has come together and currently working on more short stories so keep checking the blog. For updates. I have also taken ten minutes to spruce up (yes it's a granny word I know) this blog. I have only just discovered tabs and stand alone p...
February 16, 2012
The Lens and The Quill
Take a look at my new blog in collaboration with Urmi Kenia- Photos with flash fiction to accompany them.... every picture tells a story...
The link is under the links area on the right or click here
Enjoy!
The link is under the links area on the right or click here
Enjoy!
February 13, 2012
Write What You Wish To Write
Write what you wish to write
So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say. But to sacrifice a hair of the head of your vision, a shade of its color, in deference to some Headmaster with a silver pot in his hand or to some professor with a measuring rod up his sleeve, is the most abject treachery. - Virginia Woolf
I owe todays quote to Advicetowriters on twitter and I read it when I needed it the most. I ...
So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say. But to sacrifice a hair of the head of your vision, a shade of its color, in deference to some Headmaster with a silver pot in his hand or to some professor with a measuring rod up his sleeve, is the most abject treachery. - Virginia Woolf
I owe todays quote to Advicetowriters on twitter and I read it when I needed it the most. I ...
February 11, 2012
As to the adjective...
As to the adjective, when in doubt, strike it out. ~Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson, 1894
My eyes hurt from editing! really they do. But I am nearly there I have edited 151 pages so not many more to go maybe a couple of days worth. I have had to give up today because my eyes and my brain hurts too.
Okay so my musings so far this week: Basically I read a tweet from guardian books or something like this to say some self published book was number one in the amazon charts for three months at the en...
My eyes hurt from editing! really they do. But I am nearly there I have edited 151 pages so not many more to go maybe a couple of days worth. I have had to give up today because my eyes and my brain hurts too.
Okay so my musings so far this week: Basically I read a tweet from guardian books or something like this to say some self published book was number one in the amazon charts for three months at the en...
February 6, 2012
So much to say...so little time
Where do I begin? Over the last couple of days I have come across quite a few articles that have piqued my interest. This was perhaps for the first time in ages I had a chance to do nothing on the weekend and so I bought th papers. I know I should have been editing or writing but him indoors gets a bit annoyed with my incessant tapping at the key board and therfore this task is solely kept for when he is out or Wednesday afternoons. Anyway I needed a bit of down time.
The first thing I did...
The first thing I did...
February 3, 2012
Let the readers do some of the work themselves
Let the readers do some of the work themselves - Fyodor Dostoyesky
On Twitter one of the best people I follow is @advicetowriters, like the quote above Jon Winokur comes up with some great quotes and snippets of advice.
My new Blog has been somewhat delayed but will be up soon I promise - In the meantime I have finished Jodi Picoult's The Tenth Circle. I enjoyed it - I really did - Some people kind of roll their eyes when you say you like Jodi Picoult but I do. Well this book at least . I...
On Twitter one of the best people I follow is @advicetowriters, like the quote above Jon Winokur comes up with some great quotes and snippets of advice.
My new Blog has been somewhat delayed but will be up soon I promise - In the meantime I have finished Jodi Picoult's The Tenth Circle. I enjoyed it - I really did - Some people kind of roll their eyes when you say you like Jodi Picoult but I do. Well this book at least . I...
February 1, 2012
Love letters
I have an amazing friend who finds nuggets of gold on the internet and sends me the links. This is one of them:
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/01/i-know-what-love-is.html
read not just this letter but thousands of others such as
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/02/damn.html
The site makes for an interesting read. I give you these links to sustain you as together with my friend we put together the final touches to our new blog. The blog which will make you look at photos in a new light...
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/01/i-know-what-love-is.html
read not just this letter but thousands of others such as
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/02/damn.html
The site makes for an interesting read. I give you these links to sustain you as together with my friend we put together the final touches to our new blog. The blog which will make you look at photos in a new light...
January 30, 2012
No one means all he says, and yet...
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. ~Henry Brooks Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, 1907
Well I have started the edit on The Bittersweet Vine. I have done 40 pages over a couple of days only 139 left then - Not that I am counting. It is going okay - not as stressful as Goa traffic because its more coherent at this stage. GT needed 20 edits before it was it this stage but then it was my first.
In other news Assistant s...
Well I have started the edit on The Bittersweet Vine. I have done 40 pages over a couple of days only 139 left then - Not that I am counting. It is going okay - not as stressful as Goa traffic because its more coherent at this stage. GT needed 20 edits before it was it this stage but then it was my first.
In other news Assistant s...
