What’s today—the first Monday of the month? Let’s call this Meet the Editor Monday. So, I woke up LOATHING my own fiction this morning. It’s a loathe-your-own-fiction kind of morning at our house today. Do you ever get that feeling? Here’s something you maybe don’t know about being a professional… Read more“Meeting the editor”
Author: Victoria
Pulp Rag: Mining yourself
There are no new stories, only new perspectives. Has anyone ever told you that?. . . Read the full essay on Pulp Rag.
Linking to the essays A.A. Milne
Now that I have completely polluted your minds with more business advice than you can possibly swallow, I’m bringing you a calming, refreshing mental yoga pose to get you through the weekend: The Essays of A.A. Milne. Milne, as we all know, was a fiction author. In fact, a children’s… Read more“Linking to the essays A.A. Milne”
Pulp Rag: Touching your reader’s core with resonance
Let’s talk resonance. Kathryn brought up a good point in the comments on that last post, Loving in the time of cholera. I was ranting about not introducing a pivotal character too late in your story, and she wanted to know: “When is too late too late?”. . . Read… Read more“<em>Pulp Rag:</em> Touching your reader’s core with resonance”
Querying
I try to stay up on the literary blogosphere. I read Twitter (never thought I would, but I do find a lot of links there). I check out posts on writing and querying and publishing. And I notice a remarkable thing—not a recent thing—but a stunning thing, when you think… Read more“Querying”
Pulp Rag: Loving in the time of cholera
I have this writer friend whom I love to death, but the guy has dislexia like nobody’s business, plus he doesn’t think of himself as an intellectual. He’s great if one of you has to climb a drainpipe to break into an upstairs apartment in the middle of a blistering… Read more“<em>Pulp Rag:</em> Loving in the time of cholera”
Pulp Rag: Hooking, developing, climaxing
I’ve got my statues against the sky. —Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary I’ve got a confession to make. When I wrote the last post, I was trying to write a basic review of plotting. I don’t know what happened. It was Friday. . . Read the full essay on Pulp… Read more“<em>Pulp Rag:</em> Hooking, developing, climaxing”
Blowing your own mind
Let’s call this Blow Your Mind Monday and look at ways to approach your Work In Progress from mind-bending perspectives. Keep in mind that the more creative you are with brainstorming, the more time and daydreaming and investment you put into knowing your characters and what happens to them both… Read more“Blowing your own mind”
Pulp Rag: Reviewing the basics of storytelling
We’ve started off with character. As it should be! Now let’s review the basics of storytelling. . . Read the full essay on Pulp Rag.
Getting rejected
Acceptance/Rejection. Two sides of the very same coin. Welcome to the publishing world. Please note: Not, “Welcome to the writing world!” Publishing—Writing. Writing—Publishing. Two different words. Two different activities. Two different universes. There is one guaranteed way to avoid literary rejection, and that is not to seek literary acceptance. It’s… Read more“Getting rejected”