Task-Setting for Writers, Part IV: The Power of “No.”

/ April 12, 2011

Welcome to the final installment of Task-Setting for Writers. If you missed a week, you can read the previous three weeks here. By now it’s been established that we’re here because we need help getting everything done that we want to get done. Case in point, this week I spread myself too thin: date night with Hubby, the final meeting

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In Response to Zombie Sex-tacular– Why Zombies? Why Not!

Ag2218/ April 7, 2011

Zombie Thursdays is a weekly feature with guest blogger, Miranda. You can read more about her here. Last week’s topic was essentially zombie smut (if you’re over 18, feel free to go back and read it here). One of the questions that seemed to emerge in the comments was, “how can you pull off zombie sex?” Our friends the zombies

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Flash Fiction Friday

/ March 25, 2011

Every Friday the peeps that run Paper Hangover run Flash Fiction Friday. Yours truly blows at flash fiction–it always winds up being a longer piece down the road. Anyway, poached directly from their site: “Here’s the gist. Each week, one of us we’ll give you some kind of writing prompt–it won’t always be stories, just something to get those creative

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Write People You Know

/ March 16, 2011

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday.  Today’s question: Who from real life have you written into a book? My creative writing professor in college gave us this sound advice

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On Writing….

/ March 1, 2011

Credit   Style and methods, that is! I totally poached this meme from Holly that she posted back in December. I’ve kept it filed away for a day when I needed something in a pinch. Since today’s Tuesday and the 9-5 job has my brain all scrambled, it looks like today would be the day. Writing style and methodology vary

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