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Yes, some people may fall into all of these categories, but this is a specific post to those who ‘read’ or pop in and out depending on the topic of the week.
Firstly, thanks for reading. Secondly, thanks for reading regularly – if you do – or randomly, if you can be [...]
Archive of posts tagged writing
ZOMG! The Northern Fangirls Book Release
To Slush, With Love
Have you ever waded through slush? According to northern hemisphere friends, there’s a fair chance they will be met by slush when they venture outside at the moment.
It’s a nasty image, isn’t it? Then, slip on some nude pantyhose, pop on your best shoes as though you are going to meet someone special, only to [...]
Apple of My I
The past few posts have been about writing. Leading up to the self-publication of a third novel, the notion of penning fiction has been on my mind. It’s funny that now the manuscript is with an editor, I’m ‘contemplating’ writing more than formulating a story – I suppose it’s a bit like navel gazing rather [...]
Do you wanna doctorate with that piece o’ fiction?
Recently, two of my learned writing friends at LiveJournal were discussing the place of higher echelon education in the background of ‘the writer’.
Some interesting conversation ensued and has had me thinking over the past couple of weeks – a process that’s really dangerous as my brain is often prone to wander about and seep through [...]
You’re Just Not Funny!
On occasion, people have said that I write humourously, with all the extra vowels it entails. It’s from this compliment that I broach this post – not that I think myself funny or laugh at my own jokes, LOL – simply that I’ve been told that some things I write make readers giggle.
With the preface [...]
Welcome to EditsVille . . .
where the DELETE button reigns supreme, and thoughts of creativity and literary grandeur are mere serfs of the writing dukedom.
Or in this case, Duchess-dom?
The next couple of posts here might be writing-related. As life goes on around me, I find myself recoiling in horror at the amount of work an actual editor must do – [...]
That’s Novel!
At the end of last week, I finished a re-write of the second novel in the Fangirls!!!!!! series.
As a lover of the timeline and list, I’ve decided to edit it and will attempt to meet a late February release date. I will also look for editing help. A good writing friend of mine is a [...]
I’d rather be a spammer than a nail
*sings*
“Yes I would. If I only cooooould. I surely would”
A while ago, I asked questions about the unfortunate term ‘blog’ – why it is used, where it evolved from, why it is such an unattractive term off the tongue? My mate Amy from Never True Tales researched – she’s great at this – and provided [...]
The Fiction of Reality
Lately, I’ve been reminded how wonderful family and real life situations are for providing funny and poignant writing material. One of my relatives asked if I was really listening to her when she told me a recent story about something – if the truth be known, I was listening intently and thinking how awesome her [...]
Moo-sings of a Moody Cow
Mood can affect writing. There are no two-ways about it. Let me change that a little – my mood influences my writing, and while I’m thinking a bit more deeply, that’s not such a bad thing.
Nor is it a great thing sometimes.
Many writing gurus and fabulous wordsmiths recommend ’stream of consciousness’ journalling. [...]
