"Not Quite a New Year's Resolution"

At Facebook's group "How Many Pages Did You Write Today", Ramona de Felice Long asked participating authors to post their work resolution or creativity goals for the coming year.

I answered:
My ongoing project for the next 2 years is to assemble all of G&B currently written, and write the remaining chapters-- ( Read more... )

Ramona Long's "Short Story Master Class"

TOPICS
1. What is a short story?

2. Crafting your short story

Part I Worksheet

Subject Index from the back of one of the books Ramona brought with her. It consisted of 4 book pages with entries which effectively listed topics of short stories. Examples include: Aloneness & Loneliness; Aristocracy; Ghost Stories; ( Read more... )

(Revised May 25 6pm) I WROTE THE LAST TWO THIRDS OF THIS LAST NIGHT WITH MY EYELIDS DROOPING & POPPING OPEN AND THE COMPUTER KEYBOARD CONSTANTLY THREATENING TO FALL OFF MY LAP.

i WENT TO BED AT DAWN, AFTER GIVING UP TRYING TO REREAD AND CORRECT IT, WHEN I REALIZED i WAS READING THE SAME PARAGRAPH FOR THE ZILLIONTH TIME.

i'M SORRY THIS IS SO LONG & ( Read more... )

A List Without a Title.

Here's some things that have happened or that I've done over the last couple of days. Nothing individually is that interesting but maybe taken together, they form critical mass.

1. After a week of struggles, I finally have my Weather Emails set to Morning & Afternoon Reports for the apartment and Mid-Day and Evening Reports ( Read more... )

I'm just doing some Writers at the Beach author name dropping here. The following are the authors whom I met in workshops, at dinner, while attending panels, and at readings.

Eventually, I may post more about the events. Or you can go to:
http://www.writersatthebeach.com/pages/conference.html

Don't forget to look at the previous post (I'm Back) for ( Read more... )

I've mentioned my fantasy novel, Seabird, on this blog several times. I just remembered I've never 
said anything about my story, "Baffled by the Green Door" which was recently published in 
Stories From the Inkslingers  (edited by J M Reinbold and Ramona DeFelice Long).

The anthology is a collection of short stories by members of the Written Remains ( Read more... )