A.M. Offenwanger's Blog, page 45
July 11, 2016
How to Handle Writer Jealousy
This is such an excellent post by Kate M. Colby, I had to reblog it to share with you all. Her advice is actually good for all kinds of jealousy, not just that of one writer for another (so don’t think you have an excuse not to read & apply it). I shall now try to stop feeling jealous of Kate’s writer & blogger success, and do something about mine instead…
We’ve all been there.
Your classmate’s storyis praised in workshop, while yours is torn apart.
“Poorly written” romancesdomi...
July 6, 2016
July 5, 2016
Underrated Books
My awesome friend E. L. Bates just included SEVENTH SON on a list that also has books by Susan Cooper and Lloyd Alexander on it. Pardon me if I’m strutting around with a bit of a swelled head right now. Great book recommendations here – check it out! (Incidentally, if I was writing a list like this, E. L. Bates’ books would definitely be on it. Take a look.)
I saw this theme floating around today, and I was intrigued. The stated limit is “books with under 2,000 ratings on Good...
July 1, 2016
Happy Birthday, Canada!
…and Happy First Canada Day to me!
And to all of you, too. Looking pretty good for 149, Canada!
Filed under: this and that Tagged: Canada Day, Oh Canada
June 28, 2016
A.M.Offenwanger Editing
Look, it’s a snazzy new website! Check it out: www.amoffenwanger.com. You can also get there by clicking the “Editing Services” tab above. And the “Blog” tab on that website links back to here. There’s even a new email address that goes with it, editor@amoffenwanger.com. Cool, eh?
Spread the word – if you or anyone else you know is in need of a wordy nitpicker, here I am!
And that’s Life, the Universe, and a Brand-new Website. Go and share!
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June 24, 2016
Sourdough Bread
In Chapter 5 of Cat and Mouse, Catriona learns how to bake sourdough bread. It’s been a while since I’d done it myself, but I recently got some sourdough starter from a friend, so I had to give it a try. It turned out great. Here’s what it looked like in my kitchen, with relevant passages from Cat’s process by way of explanation. Of course, my dishes are ordinary boring plastics, not lovely stoneware crockery like Cat’s, and I have to admit to using electric appliances for both the kneading a...
June 22, 2016
June 15, 2016
June 12, 2016
Lady Susan, or Love and Friendship
We went to see the new Jane Austen movie that just came out. Oh, you hadn’t heard about it? You’re wondering what it is – another Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, maybe Northanger Abbey? Nope, nope and nope. It’s Love and Friendship. What, you don’t know that one? Well, neither does anyone else. That’s because it’s made after an unpublished novella called Lady Susan. Oh, you’ve never read that one either? Yeah, neither had I, until this morning.
Actually, “Love and Friendship” is...
