Archive for June, 2009
WYMJ Weekender June 21, 2009
Tools:
Tips for Keeping a Journal Like a Professional Writer, from Helium, talks about both the commitment and the benefit.
Skype: 5 Reasons Authors Need to Use It, from Creative Penn
Process & Method:
Daydreaming: Key to Creativity, from Neuroscience Marketing
How Do You Know When You Are Done? I love Nathan Bransford’s open questions. The comments are so insightful. [...]
MidWeek Weekender Stuff
I’m still working from the bottom up and doing these posts because I think the information is worth sharing.
Voicing Concerns by Dan Holloway, on Voice.
Taking a Chance on a Young Agent
Dancing With the Stars Analogy (Agent Kristin) gives a good metaphor for importance of understanding your craft. As a writer, craft is always the first [...]
Now This is Awesome
I love this! I can’t even put into words how cool it is that these authors agreed to have their most private spaces photographed. Joe Haldeman and Greg Frost, you are my new heroes. John O’Neill, you have a very special place in my thoughts now, you know that, right? A library to rival my [...]
WYMJ Weekender June, 2009, Issue One
I am still subject to mostly non-functioning arms and have burned up all my queued posts. Maybe we’ll have a “how many typos can you spot” contest or something. HA!
I started at the bottom of my reader this time, so there are a lot of agent and publisher related links. I’m also just giving titles [...]
Writing Superstitions
I’ve been pretty ritual-free in writing. I once would have even patted myself on the back for the lack of superstition or odd behaviors I had to do in order to write.
I can’t say that any more. I have developed a fear.
If you check my WiP page, you’ll see the last one posted was for [...]
