Ali Edwards (one of my daily reads) has posted a great quote by Anna Quindlen: Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches oftedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly inlives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won’t happen. We[…]
Yes, folks, it’s time again for the proud weekend tradition–Write Your A$$ Off, this time sponsored by the New York Writers’ Coalition. The event takes place beginning at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2010, and the NYWC web site has tons of information, including free prompts for that helpful Saturday morning writing kickstart. The[…]
It’s time to revisit the creation of Book Four in the Chicagoland Vampires series (tentatively titled HARD BITTEN). I previously talked about preparing and brainstorming, so now we’re moving on to the ever-important stage two: the outlining. It’s a bit of a cheat to call outlining the second stage, as this is really a process[…]
FYI, I’ve cross-posted over at Write What You See on brainstorming and collaging your characters’ surroundings.