What makes a writer’s heart soar?
What makes a writer’s heart soar? An acceptance! And I have received one for a short story going into an anthology. More news coming on this soon, but know that I have a happy heart right now. Also, what makes me writer’s heart sing–I got to go to Karen White’s booksigning tonight at The Booksellers of Laurelwood. Karen is always on my TBR list ’cause I am reading ALL her books from first to current. Yeah, I bought the latest, and kidded her about making me jump ahead. LOL. It’s all good. Here we are making merriment: I have emailed
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Writer’s Stress: How do you spell relief?
Since my last critique meeting with my crit partners I have been spending a lot of time looking just like this woman. Head in hands, ideas being tossed out the realm of possibility. I do not mean to say that my crit partners sent me into a tailspin, not at all. I mean to say that my book has done this to me. Writing a book, first draft anyway, is very freeing. It’s almost carthartic. You are getting things written, you are feeling creative, you have a spring in your step, and a whistle on your lips. But when it
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More con stuff…
In case you have never attended a con, there is a lot to do and see. I have been a lot of years, and so many times never even go into anything but the writer’s track. This part of MSC is something not EVERY con has, so if I ever go to another one, I will partake of all the other festivities. But I digress… So, the first workshop I attended was Elements to becoming a successful Author. It was held at 9:00 AM and as you may imagine had a lot of Monster Energy drinks in attendance. The authors
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Good stuff
Confucius quote-“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance” I have not been idle, although I have been a little quieter than usual. It’s all good stuff! I have been reading, thank you very much Mr. Confucius (Confucius (551–479 BC) was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history) — and in fact, I may add yet another book into the mix because — well, honestly, I am reading Game of Thrones and watching the Netflix editions of it,
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Weekend wrap-up
Sometimes weekends are slow and lazy and I don’t do much and surely don’t have anything to blog about concerning it. This past weekend doesn’t fall into that category. This past weekend was FULL of good writing things. I actually got all of my critiques done for my gals, my own round of edits done for the next chapters about to be handed off to them, and started compiling my short stories for a possible novella of shorts that I am considering publishing. I think a collection of my short work would be a fantastic read for most people. They
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