Congratulations to our resident blogger Sybil Nelson for winning The Strongest Start Competition at TheNextBigWriter.com with her middle grade entry, Priscilla the Great. She also has a movie deal for it. Now all she needs a publisher to realize the awesomeness of Priscilla The Great. To get a sense of Priss’s voice, check out her [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Constant and Consistent
Posted in Uncategorized on July 28, 2010 | 13 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a few short stories from the point of view of Priscilla the Great called Twin Shorts. Then, last weekend I self-published an ebook just to see what the process was like. I have to be honest with you here. Since Priscilla the Great has over 450 fans on [...]
Layers & Colors
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged colors, editing, fiction, layers, mood, sensory details, setting, writing on July 26, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Have you ever read a piece of fiction that felt incomplete? You wonder what’s lacking, but can’t pinpoint the missing pieces of the puzzle? Chances are, the author overlooked some vital bit of craft. Fiction never comes out right the first time, unless you’re a genius. It takes several drafts before all the elements needed [...]
Unleashing Your Awesomeness
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, characters, flow, novel, POV, rhythm, the force, tips, voice, writer, writing on July 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes our work is just not cutting it. Everyone knows it, even your mom, even Santa Claus. You need to be honest with yourself in order to bring your work up to snuff. You may have an unsnuffable work that you need to scrap, as I did with my first novel, and that’s okay. Move [...]
Manuscript Diagnosis
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, diagnosis, manuscript, novel, writer, writing on July 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I went back to the doctor today even though I think she’s an idiot. Why did I do this? Well, she had what I needed, an antibiotic prescription. I think she’s an idiot because she’s has misdiagnosed me even after I told her what was wrong. She calmly dismissed my concerns, sent me home with [...]
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