In my writing room I have a shelf where I keep all of my books on writing. Through trial and error, I’ve figured out which ones are the most help to me and which ones will probably get opened rarely, if ever again. I love books. I love holding them and keeping them around. Even [...]
Let’s hear it. Do you contest? Well, you should. If you’re a writer of fiction, chances are you have a manuscript just laying around that could fit quite nicely into one of the many contests available. Here are some recent contests posted around the web: Random House – Short Fiction. Deadline: January 31, 2009. $100 [...]
If you took 30 minutes and stumbled the web or perused Amazon.com for books on writing you’d be overwhelmed, if not completely whelmed. The volume and variety is staggering and instead of feeling like a kid in a candy store, you may very well throw your hands in the air and just plain give up. [...]
