I haven’t written about Second Life in a while, but wanted to post this screenshot of the writing session I participated in this morning. Don’t know about the rest of you, but I always find it motivating to write while others are working hard around me…one reason I’ve always loved working in . . .
Call me crazy, but I’ve always loved creative challenges. During the month of November, I’m going to be participating in: NaNoWriMo: I’ve been doing background and outlining of my cartoon-illustrated middle grade novel, Vampire Zombie Squirrels From Outer Space, and it’s finally time to start writing it. I may not reach . . .
For those who don’t know, I post a comic for writers over on Writer Unboxed on the first and third Saturday of every month. I just posted a new one this morning. 🙂
My MiG critique partner, Carmella VanVleet, is looking for work. I’ve known Carmella for a couple of years now, and we’ve also hung out in person. Carmella has had many books and short pieces for young people published, and I’ve always found her critique comments extremely useful. She’s responsible, accurate and . . .
I’ve always been interested in reading about other writers’ work habits, so I was delighted to see that Cheryl Klein had posted a review with Elizabeth C. Bunce, the author of CURSE AS DARK AS GOLD (which I loved) and STARCROSSED (ooo, must get this). Elizabeth says that CURSE took three years of “painstaking craft and . . .
Beyond The Margins is a group blog for a group of writers who met, taught, and workshopped through Grub Street, a nonprofit creative writing center in Boston. “We have published novels, short fiction, poetry, newspaper and magazine articles, and our backgrounds and careers run the gamut from social work and medicine . . .
Though I’ve gotten better over the years, I still struggle with this one word. Seems (at first, at least) much easier to say yes. I’m talking about the small favors that people ask you to do, the ones that you’re sure will only take a few minutes of your time. . . .
Hey, check out this Business Insider article: “10 Ways People Are Using The iPad To Create Content, Not Just Consume It.” Heh.
It’s Banned Book Week, an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States. . . .