... across London, allowing the killer to enter the house and attempt to murder Holmes. Naturally he is not successful, due partially to Holmes's use of the wax bust and partially to Watson's figuring out the ruse, coming back, and decking the man just outside the sitting room. -- All that to say, This weekend's writing prompt is the word revenge . -- Good luck, and happy writing. :)
... spent last Monday afternoon on Navy Pier. Took the architectural river tour, which was nice. Younger daughter is flirting with the idea of becoming an architect and she was keen on the tour. Back to writing now after the layoff. Toying with a character and whether he's an amputee or quadraplegic. I made the mistake of tackling Duma Key during my time off and while I had read the first chapter ...
This being the latest RWA Hates Erotic Romance Writers kerfluffle. Has RWA screwed up? Yes-- I think some of their behavior in the past couple of years has been wrongity wrong with a side of wrong sauce. But I do believe that, slowly but surely, things will change. And not because of any stupid ribbons *rolling eyes forever*. However, when erorom authors wander about making statements claiming...
Hi fellow Temeraire fans! Due to expressions of interest from several quarters, I'm running a poll on my LJ on a writing challenge based on any AOS related painting and it is open to ALL AOS fandoms. Click HERE to find out more and vote!
I recently read a mystery called Devil's Food , one of a relatively new series about a baker. The character was charming and I thought the author did a really good job of integrating a fairly large cast, making nearly all of them feel like real people who were part of the main character's world. I would definitely read another in this series, but I'm not sure this particular book really ...
Crossed Genres has opened the polls for their Flash Fiction Contest. Voting (just one per IP Address) is happening now until June 30th.
There are 10 entries to choose from and just over 4000 words if you read them in one sitting. All of the entries are different and by voting you might make a writer very happy.
Crossed Genres Flash Fiction Contest Voting .
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Overcast skies in Manila this morning. Last night was pitched fucking black. We-- that is to say, myself and the sad few stuck in the Collegian press room past midnight doing the painstaking thankless work of providing UP students with up-to-date news and critical analysis of different issues for the day (or, you know, providing dorm students with free newspapers to wrap their bloody sanitary ...
Wish me luck, guys. I sent off a query to an agent for Aurius . I think I'm going to like this process a lot better than querying publishers. E-mail seems to be a common submission format and response times are measured in days rather than months. Jans got up at 4:00 this morning to head to a gaming convention in Ohio. Four a.m. I went back to sleep 'til 8:00, but considering I wasn't able to...
...that I never really, seriously thought things like "I wonder how much work Shenandoah will be?" before I started work on it, or that I never really, seriously think about how much work I still have to do yet on The Great Valley . Because if I thought things like this I would have been way too intimidated to ever get started at all, or finish them now that they're more than three-...
