1. Because I thrive (go mad-hatter crazy on) deadlines, I have put off compiling this poetry chapbook until the day before the competition ends. At least it's only 16-18 pages. *sigh*

2. Oh, and I've also signed up for the 10 by 10 Short Script Challenge, which has begun this week. I now have ten nine days to complete a short indie horror script ( Read more... )

Diversity in YA is holding a contest, where you can win 53 diverse middle-grade and young adult novels. The challenge is to diversify your reading (by picking up books with people of color or GBLT as main characters) and writing an essay about it by September 1st.

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Here's Natalie C. Parker on How Writing a Good Hook is like Running a Good Con, in ( Read more... )

Been a while since I participated. The prompt got me thinking parasitic. *shurg* It's behind a cut, because the poem's on the lone side. Let me know any thoughts you have on it.

The Prophet and the Worm

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TITLE: Utitled Alternate World Novel, Chapter 3
PROMPT: China
WORD COUNT: 1254
NOTES: This is my week one November contest entry for brigits_flame. It is also an edited excerpt from my Nano novel, which about a scientist who in the process of trying to create doorways to other words keeps accidentally pulling various people and creatures through to his own ( Read more... )

While I still did not complete a significant amount of the tasks I set for myself last week, I still came out of the weekend feeling fairly accomplished. Not only did I get back into the groove of completing my morning poetry/journaling routine, but I also completed all of my marathon training days and made some progress on the writing front. This ( Read more... )

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I am floating on a sea of joy right now. I would love to jump up and dance around and shout my joy...but I'm at work, and while it's slow enough for me not to feel guilty about being on the net, I think that kind of behavior would probably be frowned upon. :)

Why so happy? Well, I just found out that I won the FANTASY MEDLEY Give Away, held by C.E ( Read more... )