A guest post from author Christine Calhoun Step one: Learn pirate kung fu. Your high acrobatics checks in aquatic settings will help you dodge the splinters of your ship as it crumbles into the ocean. …
Month: January 2017
Midnight Chase IV
Sam is tired of living life through the books she reads, so she dashes out of her apartment in the middle of the night. But she may be in for more than she bargains for when she …
Just Keep Writing
I like to spend my Sunday’s reflecting on life. Considering my obsessions with writing and reading, that means reflecting on my work and the work of other authors. Recently I had my first every bullying episode as …
Strange Things I Stumbled Upon During Late Night Book Research
What strange things have you discovered in the wee hours of the night while searching for literary gold?
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Midnight Chase III
Sam is tired of living life through the books she reads, so she dashes out of her apartment in the middle of the night. But she may be in for more than she bargains for when she …
Agent Panels, First Pages, and Heart Attacks
Then agent panel began. I scribbled furiously as they read and discussed other author's pages, both alternately glad and disappointed that mine had not been read. When Chuck began to read my page, my heart thundered so …
Counterpoints in Freedom: A Critical Review of Faulkner’s Wild Palms
Originally titled, If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem, William Faulkner’s novel, The Wild Palms, is best understood in light of the psalm, “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do …
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Finding a Freelance Editor
If you are serious about your work, you need other eyes on it, reliable, knowledgeable eyes. Sometimes that can be found in a writing group or critique partner, and sometimes not. For those of you thinking about …
Write Your Heart Out
Sometimes writing feels a lot like trying to fill a bathtub with water using a flour sifter. With a blindfold on. Whilst someone smacks you repeatedly over the head with a fly swatter. It can be a …
Tibetan Lemonade 