The end of October saw me at the Westin Boneadventure Hotel in Downtown LA, experiencing my very first writer's conference. The Writer's Digest Novel Writing Conference (WDNWC) was a three-day event, geared more towards improving one's craft than meeting agents or networking and it was great! I learned a lot, both from the fantastic speakers and... Continue Reading →
W1S1 update
I have, admittedly, been lax about posting lately. This is in large part due to the fact that my beta reader critiques have come in and I am in the process of doing the fastest revision of my novel I've ever done, in an effort to be done for Pitch Wars. Pitch Wars is a... Continue Reading →
Creativity Jumpstarters: Story A Day and DIY MFA
Continuing on the theme of jumpstarting one's creativity with great and unnecessary side projects, let's talk about Story A Day. Story A Day is a challenge, often called the Nanowrimo of short stories, that dares you to start and finish one story everyday of May (and sometimes September). There are no word limits on the stories and no... Continue Reading →
Manuscript Wishlist
The idea of querying an agent is a scary one. You're putting yourself out there for the inevitable rejection with the burning hope for acceptance. Agents and publishers can seem like far off dwellers of ivory towers staring down their noses at you, but Manuscript Wishlist brings them closer to Earth. Manuscript Wishlist is a portal linking... Continue Reading →