Simple meme. 10 questions. I already have an uptick in traffic in my blog from it. I need five authors to tag ( Read more... )

Blogging about the value of an editor on my blogspot blog today. http://imcupnjava.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-value-of-editor.html

I would cross-post it, but it has several links and stuff. >.

I just put a story into Submission Hell. Let's hope it is kind to me this round. It's just a short for an anthology, but it's with a publisher I've been eyeing for a while and it's a print credit. Keep your fingers crossed for me! They're keeping the submissions open until February so I may not know anything until then.

So far 2011 has been wonderfully normal ( Read more... )

All writers have crutches. Editors help us see those crutches and provide us with tools to stand on our own 100k words. “As” is a common crutch and one that I have. Although I’m not as bad as some, I want to get rid of it. If you’re a writer or an aspiring writer (or a hobbyist or whatever word you use to describe yourself), I recommend you play ( Read more... )

I’m approximately 2,000 words into Full Circle II: Changeling.  I’ve often said that writing gets it down and editing makes it pretty, but accepting that as I’m writing is difficult. I find myself staring at sentences and thinking, “Is something really missing or do I just think something is missing; and thus, cause something to be missing?” That’s ( Read more... )