Skip to content In Boston, there’s a writing community called Grub Street. I’ve been taking seminars and classes through them since 2000/2001. Most recently, I attended the Muse & the Marketplace conference this year and had a pretty kick ass experience. Needless to say, this place has helped lots of writers for lots of years. But it’s a … Read more
Work is pouring around my ears and I have never spent so much time in MS Word while not working on my writing. That said, today’s blog spotlight is Combreviations. The blurb on the side explains combreviations as what happens when you talk too fast (and too often) and force evolve English by combining words … Read more
If you’re a writer with the intent of becoming a published one, you should be reading The Guide to Literary Agents blog. It’s informative and concise. They go over everything from query letters to formatting specs. Chuck Sambuchino also blogs about his cover band occasionally, which I love. (I think I might love those stories … Read more
Back in December, I highlighted Be Nice to a Stranger in the first blog spotlight. Well, it’s back – both the blog spotlight and Be Nice to a Stranger, but it has a shiny new address. Project Nice is based off the success of Erinn’s Be Nice to a Stranger, but she is making it … Read more
I was originally going to talk about Stripey today, but changed my mind. Be Nice to a Stranger is a project that (fellow writer and blog follower) Erinn has undertaken. The goal is to do one nice thing for a stranger for the month of December. The nice activity varies from calling the insurance company … Read more