Victor Vasnetsov. The Magic Carpet. 1880. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum of Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia For a time, my critique partners and I were having a blast writing haiku poetry. Three lines. Five beats, seven, then five again. It’s a challenging style of poetry that I seriously enjoy. At the time, I…
Category: My Writing Life
Giving a Workshop
Okay, this looks a little off, but try to read around the poor formatting. My workshop will be from 11:00 to 11:30 this Saturday at “Discover Oklahoma Romance”. Blogger was working when I did the write up for this in our RWA newsletter– which I edit. 🙂 OK Corral Newsletter Check out all the books…
New Blog and a Bit of a Ramble
Okay, I still can’t format, still can’t double space and hitting the “enter” key sends me off to La La Land. I’m going to find some other tricky way to break up this long ramble. How about switching colors for paragraphs?I’m terribly excited about Brian Keene’s new blog, World Domination 101 . He plans to…
Today is About Fun!
Today, I’m all over the place. Just one of those days when there’s a lot going on and the mind is jumping. And speaking of jumping, life is all about “jumping” obstacles, especially in writing. Problem is, with a lot of writers the biggest ones are themselves. See me raising hand. So, I say hold…
That First Romance Novel
This is one of the t-shirts I designed to Celebrate Books! It’s at The Write Snark : CafePress.com. I’ve been writing on and off for fourteen years. More if I count all the melodramatic poetry and horrendous re-dramatizations of my favorite romance novels in my teens. I was twelve or thirteen when I discovered romances….
Juiced
So, today I’m sitting in Barnes and Noble, writing in this cute little 1.99 notebook I’d just bought along with what looks like three really good books. I’m not reading them — I’m writing. Dreck, but writing nonetheless. I’m drinking a Juiced Tea by Tazo. Yum. Mind is wandering because some young guy is checking…
Keep it Simple. Keep it Real.
When using description, I had to teach myself not to overdo the details. It was a long, hard lesson, but I learned. A few simple, well descriptive words can make all the difference. Here’s an example from one of my short stories. Her Ma’man murmured of ghost summers when the heat became a living thing…
Great Fantasy Music
Not feeling so hot today. Think my children might have brought home a nice flu bug so I’m taking it easy, drinking tea, that sort of thing. But, I’m hoping I’ll rest up and write something fantastic tonight. I seem to hit my peak at night when it comes to writing, which really bites because…
Launch of the Write Snark
Nothing like that first blog. I’ll admit, I’ve put it off. Partly out of fear that I’ll fall back on wearied cliches. Can I come up with interesting one way conversations on a consistent basis? And why would anyone be interested? heh But, I do tend to have a warped view of things. Fellow writers…