Dana Sitar's Blog, page 37

Friday Flash | Meeting Dave Pickett

This week's prompt: Describe the first time you met one of the most interesting people you know. Taken Hostage by Big Scary Guy: Meeting Dave Pickett "There's a spot up front," one of the guys told me, waving at a table in the front room. I sighed. I'm not a front-of-the crowd kind of person. [...]

Book Review | Imperfect Endings by Zoe Fitzgerald Carter

This review was originally written for SevenPonds, and may not be republished without permission. Zoe Carter's busy life on the West Coast with her husband and daughters and an unfinished mystery novel are put on hold when her glamorous and stubborn mother, Margaret, decides that it is time" to end things". Margaret has been living [...]

How to Get Welcome to the Shit Show for FREE, and other news

Book Tour stop today! Tune in to UW-Madison's WSUM today at 2 pm CST for Fundamental Pete's Ass Jammery, where I'll be chatting with the crew about Welcome to the Shit Show, as well as their topic of the week: Determinism vs. Free Will. It should be enlightening; Madison's got some smart folks. Stream live [...]

Friday Flash Weekly Writing Prompt

this week's prompt: Describe the first time you met one of the most interesting people you know. Here's the deal: Friday Flash is a weekly writing exercise shared by thousands of writers worldwide. For me, it has become an invaluable routine that strengthens my story writing skills, so I've created this weekly prompt to encourage [...]

Writing Your Memoir, One Short Story at a Time

When I started writing This Artists' Life in early 2010, I didn't call it a "memoir". I just wanted to write stories, and the most inspiration I could find was in the people and the events around me. I consider myself a creative writer, but I'm not great at inventing characters and worlds from scratch, so I [...]

This Week in Words | Progress

Update One word for this week: Progress. With my mind settling in to the idea of being a freelancer/solopreneur/slasher, I've begun to make better progress and gain more ground each day on each project. Closure is much easier to come by, now that I'm figuring out how to set goals and determine what needs to [...]

Opening Our Hearts | Perfect Moments

This story was originally written for SevenPonds and may not be republished with permission. This is the story of Mara Holt Skov, as told by Dana Sitar. Last year, my husband was climbing Mt. Rainier with a group of friends, destined for the top, but a big snowstorm hit, and they had to stop halfway [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

To my friends and family, Thanksgiving Day means the holiday season is officially here.  After today, you can finally put up your Christmas tree without funny looks, you can proudly wear your snowman socks, get settled into your added holiday weight, and start to lose focus on the semester in school. And, it's time to [...]

Amazon Launch and other news

Lots of exciting news  to be thankful for this holiday week! At the top of the list is the long-awaited launch of Welcome to the Shit Show on Amazon! You can now buy the ebook directly from the Kindle store (for your Kindle, iPhone, iPad or PC app). I'm super excited for this chance to [...]

NaNoWriMo Weekly Writing Prompt

this week's prompt: Happy Thanksgiving! Write what you're thankful for. Here's the deal: Friday Flash is a weekly writing exercise shared by thousands of writers worldwide. It's a great routine to strengthen your fiction writing skills, so I created this weekly prompt to encourage you to join in. November is National Novel Writing Month, which challenges [...]