I’ve begun my self-study Fiction Workshop this past week. The first week was an introduction, which truly took about 5 minutes to read through the expectations I had set for myself, make sure I had the proper text (The Art of the Short Story by Dana Gioia), and truly decide that I’m going to take things… Continue reading Advanced Fiction Workshop: Week 1 & 2 – Introduction, Process, the Origins of “Story”
I’ve always heard that the two worst parts of the publishing journey are querying agents and going on submission. I understand why — the wait, the stream of rejections, and protecting the embers of your publishing dreams. All the while, the community urges you to keep writing. Keep writing in case they want another book.… Continue reading Into the Query Trenches…
My book is done!!! My book is done! My book is done? Okay, well maybe not “done” in the way you’re thinking. I have finally finished the developmental edit of my fantasy novel. What is a developmental edit? A developmental edit is basically a structural edit. It looks at the plot, character arcs, and overall… Continue reading The book is done! I think…
I want to share my writing. Desperately. I want other people to read my fiction to have the fun that I have when stories develop and scenes soar across my eyelids. But, it’s a lot of pressure to put on myself for a group of people that, honestly, doesn’t exist yet. (Shout out to the… Continue reading Blinders On – Tuning it all out for a while
I wrote a piece the other day. I was super excited because I felt like I was DOING something with it. It was just sort of a...long-form, more organized stream of consciousness. I was so excited about it that I took it to my critique group with the phrasing of "I don't know what this… Continue reading Essaying – Taking back the blog
Subtle Stories 