C.C. Yager's Blog, page 15
April 1, 2017
Ach, the Liebster Award!
Thank you to Adam at Write Thoughts for nominating me for the Liebster Award! It is like a blogging chain letter of sorts that asks of the recipient a bit more than the conventional chain letter. I’ve responded to a … Continue reading →
March 25, 2017
Am I Evan Quinn?
When I first began developing the characters and story for Perceval’s Secret, I read an article about writing fiction that theorized that all first novels were either autobiographical or coming-of-age stories, or both. Ugh. I remember thinking at the time, … Continue reading →
March 18, 2017
Being a Creative Writer: Under Oppression
In 2017 America, we have access to countless narratives of people existing and surviving under oppressive conditions, be they social, psychological, or political. In my own life, I’ve read Soviet writers who worked in the USSR as well as Western … Continue reading →
March 12, 2017
Update: Taking Perceval to the Next Level
After 27 days, my Taking Perceval to the Next Level fundraising campaign at GoFundMe has raised $530. I need another $8370 to meet my goal. My deadline for paying off the debt is May 30. The $0 interest promotion ends … Continue reading →
March 4, 2017
What is Classical Music and does it take a PhD to enjoy it?
For the last few years, I’ve been accumulating ideas from interactions I have with people who claim not to know anything about classical music and who feel inadequate to being able to listen to it with any appreciation or enjoyment. … Continue reading →
February 25, 2017
Becoming a Writer: “Whisper of the Heart”
Life demands and a lack of money have prevented me from going out to movies very often in the last couple of years. I had to end my Netflix subscription also a year ago in order to save money. I … Continue reading →
February 18, 2017
Taking Perceval to the Next Level
This past Monday, I launched a crowdsource funding campaign at GoFundMe to raise the money to finally, FINALLY, pay off the debt I’ve accumulated from the publication of Perceval’s Secret as an e-book. As part of this campaign, I’m also … Continue reading →
February 11, 2017
Adam Burns, or Characters that are cut
Adam Burns has been on my mind a lot lately. He was an old guy, a bum, a journalist in hiding in a very early draft of Perceval’s Secret. Evan Quinn met him once, in a wooded area not far … Continue reading →
February 4, 2017
Future Classics 2017
Every year I look forward to the Minnesota Orchestra’s Future Classics concert, the culmination of a week of seven young composers chosen by the Composer Institute‘s composer-director, Kevin Puts, working with the Minnesota Orchestra. I cannot say strongly enough how … Continue reading →
January 29, 2017
5 qualities of a brilliant story
Originally posted on Nail Your Novel:
I write a lot of posts about problems with book drafts. But isn’t it just as important to look at the positive? If we listed the qualities of a brilliant read, what would they be?…
I write a lot of posts about problems with book drafts. But isn’t it just as important to look at the positive? If we listed the qualities of a brilliant read, what would they be?…
