I just saved and closed my manuscript after writing these words: FUNNY! CANT YOU WRITE SOMETHING FUNNY? WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU? YOU’RE FUNNY, REMEMBER? NOW PROVE IT. — I think here’s my problem. I’m trying to write like someone else. Not so the book sounds like someone else wrote it. (Not that I...
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Category Archives: writing1. Reading. Books. Blogs. Emails. More blogs. Kids’ book reports. Mail. Junk mail. Advertisements. Old letters. Magazine articles. 2. Sleeping. I’m actually a much more productive writer in my dreams. Bummer. 3. Sadness. Some small but difficult things have happened over the past three months (which we’ll talk about later), and I have found it... Go to writer’s conferences. I know. I’m using the Bossy Voice again. But here’s the thing: Writer’s conferences are so good. So, so good. And here’s one that I’m speaking at. It’s the LDS Storymakers’ Conference in May, 2011. Here is registration and information. I’m teaching a class on Truth and Fiction on Saturday, and... Another draft down! Wo-hoo! This draft is a fun one, because I get to put in chapter markers. That, for some reason, is Big Joy for me. It has chapters! Twelve of them! And they are numbered! (Please forgive the uncharacteristic use of the exclamation point. I generally refrain. But sometimes, you just gotta do... There is no heat in my dryer. That is not a metaphor. Just the sad fact. This morning, in a fit of early-birdiness, I put in the first load of laundry at 5:45. Then I went about doing all the things that needed doing, and at 7, I checked the dryer. It was off. But... Hey, remember that I have a blog? Nah, me either. Okay, so it has been nearly a week, and I was hoping that I’d catch up on a whole lot of blog reading (has it really been that long?) but instead I’ve been helping neighbor lady divide some plants, and baking rosemary bread, and working... Attention, Utah Readers and Writers and Library People – ‘Tis time to register for this year’s UVU Book Academy, “Power Up Your Writing” - a one-day conference packed with classes about getting started, staying focused, getting published, and all that after-pub stuff like marketing and distribution (pardon me while I go brush my teeth again... |