This is International Blog Against Racism Week , so I wanted to share a book list of multicultural science fiction and fantasy, courtesy of editor Stacey Whitman. Also this week, Through the Tollbooth has been blogging about poetry. Even if you’re a struggling amateur poet (like me), check out these daily lessons that anyone could benefit from. [...]
Archive for July, 2009
IBARW, Poetry, & Linkage
Posted in Conferences, Marketing, Writing, tagged Links, poetry on July 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Perseverance
Posted in Writing, tagged family, goals, motivation on July 27, 2009 | 18 Comments »
This Topic is inspired by my husband, who—just today—confirmed his receipt of a Master’s degree from the University of Illinois. In May of 2006, my husband started graduate school at U of I. The decision to start was not an easy one to make. He’d never enjoyed school; sitting at a desk made him twitchy. [...]
SUN: Week 4
Posted in First Drafts (SUN), Writing, tagged first drafts, SUN on July 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
You’re down to the last stretch—the final seven days of July. Writing a novel is an emotional roller coaster. Maybe a physical one too, if you’re exhausted from late-night writing and stiff from your permanent slouch in front of the computer. After three weeks of highs, lows, success, failure, anti-social behavior, exhaustion, and sore muscles [...]
SUN: Week 3
Posted in First Drafts (SUN), Writing, tagged first drafts, SUN on July 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
We’re now entering the second half of July and the third week of “Summer’s Ultimate Novel.” So how does this leg of the journey feel? S L O W. The middle of the novel is possibly the hardest part to write. It lacks the excitement of the beginning and the fevered rush of the ending. [...]
SUN: Week 2
Posted in First Drafts (SUN), Writing, tagged setbacks, SUN on July 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Sometimes when we’re writing, we get— *phone rings* *email beeps* *TV blares* What was I saying? Oh, right. We get distracted. When we’re really involved in a story, sometimes we can ignore the distractions. During Week 1, we’re all gung ho about writing. By Week 2, maybe the excitement starts to wear off. Usually we [...]
ALA
Posted in Conferences on July 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sav, Vicki, and I are road trippin to Chicago this Saturday for the American Library Association’s annual conference! Well, not the conference itself, but the Stacks, in which thousands of people will visit hundreds of booths (involving books, publishers, authors, and everything a librarian could ever want). We’re not librarians, but we do love books [...]
Writer Envy?
Posted in Writing, tagged writer envy on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Author Ilona Andrews posted a topic I hadn’t really considered before … but now I can’t stop thinking about it. Ilona referenced a post by Patty Jansen, who asks why some aspiring authors claim to hate the popular bestsellers (HARRY POTTER, TWILIGHT, DA VINCI CODE, etc). So I’m wondering: do these writers truly hate the mentioned [...]
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