Must Read New Blog
Posted by webmaster | Filed under Weblogs, Writing
Genreality is a new blog that I’ve really been enjoying lately because of its great information for new writers.
It’s staffed by midlisters, including Lynn Viehl, author of Paperback Writer, which I’ve mentioned here before. Others are Alison Kent, Joseph Nassise, Carrie Vaughn, Sasha White and Jason Pinter.
They discuss various topics of interest to new writers, [...]
Seven to get started with
Posted by webmaster | Filed under Miscellaneous, Writing
I hope you’ve had a great holiday and New Year’s. I’ve been doing a lot of work on the novel and thinking about where I’d like to go with the blog this year. I’ve committed myself to finishing the novel and starting to approach agents by the spring, so I’m obviously going to be busy.
To [...]
Writer Reactions, Responses
Posted by Jo | Filed under Writing, humor
In my last post I asked about how people react to you when you tell them you’re a writer. Below are the responses I got. I was surprised that no one gets the odd responses that I seem to, but maybe it’s just me.
Moneybites
When I say I’m a writer the response is usually, one of [...]
Writer Reactions
Posted by Jo | Filed under Writing
I’m putting together a post on how people react when they learn that you’re a writer. Leave a comment here, or send me a twitter– cornerscribe. Whether the comments are funny, dumb or absolutely rude, I want to hear them, and I’ll share a couple stories of my own.
I’ll link to your blog and/or twitter [...]
Great Opening Lines
Posted by Jo | Filed under Writing
First off, here are some great examples of opening lines that you might want to review. While you’re at it, there are some terrific scifi novels listed here.
Here are some things I do to try to get a good opening line for my novels and short stories.
I start in the middle of some action or [...]
Terrific Resources
Posted by Jo | Filed under Writing
If you’re not reading Paperback Writer, you ought to be. Her blog is witty and informative, but this compilation of questions and answers if really great.
I wanted to take this opportunity to invite you all again to post links that you’d like me to include on my resources page. The link can be your own [...]
10 Most Popular Posts of All Time
Posted by Jo | Filed under Administration Notes, Writing
In case you missed these last year, here are some of the most popular posts on the blog. Enjoy!
Get Ready for NaNo
Two Great Market Resources
Short Story Markets
Writing Tools
What’s Holding you Back?
Novel Writing Tips
Finding a Novel Idea
Writing Helper: Lose vs Loose
Markets: Non-fiction
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Link fun
Posted by Jo | Filed under Weblogs, Writing, humor
Here in the middle of NaNo, I thought it would be fun to link to some other interesting sites.
Punctuation fun on flickr. Think about how you’d punctuate it, or simply read it aloud.
Design Your Life
What would you do if you could do whatever you want each day. Although this article isn’t specifically directed at writers, [...]
Writing Tools
Posted by Jo | Filed under Software, Writing
I’m looking for a new laptop, and I have been for some time. Here’s a run-down of what I’m looking at (with links). If you’re looking for something similar, I hope you find it useful.
HED has an article on the Alphasmart, which brought it back to my attention. Here is the official site where you [...]
Recently Popular Posts
Posted by Jo | Filed under Markets, Weblogs, Writing
For those who might have missed them, here are some recently popular posts you might want to read.
Short Story Markets
Markets: Non-fiction
Finding Blog Post Ideas
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