The year's end writing round-up 2009

... a lot of my time writing fan fiction. I kept my...favorites. Did I take any writing risks this year? What did...MFA thesis novel. From my past year of writing, what was...had the most stringent editing process. Story Most Underappreciated by the...Most Fun: Mr. Congeniality . Co-writing with dreamlittleyo was an absolute...should have posted it without writing The Morning After , which should...

Legacy Of Brutality

This year I feel like I made a lot of progress on the writing front, specifically when it comes to submitting. Before, my modus operandi ..., then sigh, suck it up and go through the whole annoying process again. Now I submit, get rejected, curse roundly, sigh deeply, research ..."yes" I've been looking for. Recently I began reading a novel by a writer named Jenna Black called The Devil You Know .  ...

I've reached that point in the creative planning process where I've hit a wall and suddenly start questioning whether or not it's a good idea overall, if it's ... in enough for the reader to give a damn! That always gets me. ARGH. I'm really excited about this novel. But I can't start writing until I know roughly where I'm going, and that means I have to decide on this conflict. Pseudo-marriage of ...

[Vertical Blue] NEW YEAR!

... was to win at NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Yes! I have written...285-word first draft of a novel, complete with dead ends, padding, ... on par with Jamie Oliver writing a scientific history of the ... what the band in my novel, Idolfire, aspire to be. Symmetrically, ... UK in January, pull my novel to pieces, rearrange them somehow and begin the gruelling process of the Second Draft. Thunder ...

Top Twenty Films of the Decade

... into the forefront, and in the process reflected America's attitudes about race ... rare movie that builds upon the novel on which it's based, ... Virginia Woolf, in the process of writing her seminal novel Mrs. Dalloway in 1920s England; Julianne Moore is a ... with the title character of the novel as she reads it as an ... adaptation of an original play, a process that is often attempted with difficulty....

Merry Fates Round Table TAKE ONE!

...admit straight-up, I have no process   Maggie : Well, for me, I think...as they say.   That's my process.   Tessa : That's how stories should...do that when I'm writing a novel.   I can't write a... discovery   Tessa: For me, the novel can grow, and sprawl and ...'m . . . actually learning about my process here.   Tessa : ME TOO   Brenna ...

Books of the Year

...I am absolutely mad for Chabon and his writing style and the way he lays out a...of age stories or literary fiction or flowing writing styles, you should read it. 6. Silver... confused and kind of hates the whole process of it because it's a pain.... goals is to read every 87th Precinct novel he wrote, and every time I read ... -- Ed McBain My other 87th Precinct novel for the year, and another great one....

Campion: The Wicked Wedding; PG -- part 1

... place. I had a WONDERFUL time writing this story, despite the fact that mysteries...spirited discussion of Aldous Huxley's latest novel. Mr. Campion, however, was more intrigued ...'t wives normally involved in that process?" "His first wife died in childbirth,"... of a Mills and Boon romance novel." "You're not a stock character,... and found Dastardly Dick in the process of thrashing you. Being a decent ...

special / the year we make contact

...I made my living entirely by writing instead of by working as a...about the craft and mechanics of writing — knowledge which is certain to expand.... Second, I intend to continue writing -- both in terms of expanding my...as a writer-for-hire and writing for publication. I am currently ...and I intend to write a novel this year as well. By doing... in 2010 and begin the process of finishing my bachelors degree....

Happy New Years! (with resolutions)

... New Year's Resolutions are supposed to be a one-year process or things that can be accomplished in one year, but some ... injury and then surgery kind of messed up all my plans. Writing * Edit and rewrite Vicesteed . Ongoing struggle. * Submit Vicesteed to A-...written a month, even when I'm working on the next novel. * Get the rejection/resubmission turnaround time down to one week. Ongoing...