Last week we talked about the stories of How We Got into Writing. They were great fun—all those busy four-year-olds cooking up stories, all those mad teens clacking away on typewriters under the raised eyebrows of the taken-aback, even some of us who came to this craft recently and are… Read more“How Many Degrees of Separation Are You from Your Idols?”
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How Did You First Get into Writing?
Now, July’s going to be a weird month here, as I’m often in Portland at OSCON with my geek husband for part of it and therefore out in the world loose on my own recognizance. So I’m going to throw a twist into things this month: because writing is, at… Read more“How Did You First Get into Writing?”
Grammar Expose: Third-Person Singular Pronoun
This month we’re going to tackle a few die-hard grammar questions in what I like to consider a grammar expose. This should be an exciting month, right? So let’s make it exciting. Here’s an issue that should probably have been laid to rest decades ago, but it does still crop… Read more“Grammar Expose: Third-Person Singular Pronoun”
Writer’s Digest:
101 Best Websites for Writers
I’ve got a logger out there felling big trees around my meadow today—zzzzz, BOOM, instant sunshine!—so I’m just popping in very quickly to let you all know that I heard from Writer’s Digest this morning that my blog has been judged one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers 2013…. Read more“Writer’s Digest:<br>101 Best Websites for Writers”
3 Secrets of the Greats: Structure
If you follow me on Twitter, you know I’ve been on posting cartoons for my up-coming webinar through Writer’s Digest: 3 Secrets of the Greats: Structure Your Story for Ultimate Reader Addiction. And now the Big Week has finally arrived. Halleluah! So I’ll tell you a little story about that…. Read more“3 Secrets of the Greats: Structure”
Happy April Fool’s Day
Please: have a balloon! In case you weren’t around for the excitement on Twitter last week and are right now sitting there scratching your head and wondering, “What? A Balloon Order of Knights? What could that possibly be about?” I’ll sum it up for you here— Over 400 500 RTs… Read more“Happy April Fool’s Day”
The 2 Non-Artistic Professions Running
the Artistic World of Modern Fiction
MY ANNUAL RANT I was looking all over for my post on Showing Vs Telling last November, and I finally found that darn thing. In it, I explain the differences in the quality of fiction by way of the metaphor of a barrel (or a keg, if you will—my husband… Read more“The 2 Non-Artistic Professions Running<br>the Artistic World of Modern Fiction”
11 New Year’s Resolutions for 2013
I will watch the world every day with the eyes of a fly. I’m assuming you know what flies’ eyes look like. But in case you don’t, think of disco balls with independent locomotion. You, personally, are walking through this incredibly vivid, visual, aural, tactile universe all day long every… Read more“11 New Year’s Resolutions for 2013”
How to Find the Meaning of Life through Writing
Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone, on one of the most historic years in our lives! We’ve all been through a lot. So I’ve dedicated this month this year to less specific concerns about writing and more ephemeral, personal concerns: finding joy and fulfillment through writing, finding gratitude through writing, finding… Read more“How to Find the Meaning of Life through Writing”
How to Find Community Through Writing
We’re talking about the meaning of life and all that good stuff this month, and today we’re going to talk about how we find community through writing. It’s not only about the words. It’s not only about the readers. It’s about all of us. . .being writers together. [I KNOW:… Read more“How to Find Community Through Writing”