Okay, so if you've read my Anatomy of a logline post, you know how I feel about loglines. Guess what? There's a second-parter to this story. For the Baker's Dozen competition, I have to submit a logline and the first 250 words of my novel. Okay. That's good, right? I mean, because I can only say… Continue reading The first 250
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Anatomy of a logline
Look, I'm not the first writer to say she doesn't like writing loglines. Okay, it's not that I don't like loglines, it's that I LOATHE them. I've spent that last three weeks working on a logline for my YA novel for the Baker's Dozen competition that I'm entering on Tuesday (like, two days from now… Continue reading Anatomy of a logline
November Guest Writer – Mary Ann Mulhern – Part I
Ladies and gentlemen of the blogosphere, I am thrilled to have Windsor poet Mary Ann Mulhern, in the above photo, as the guest writer for November. She has agreed to give us a four-part guest blog, following in the fabulous wordsteps that Penny-Anne Beaudoin began back in September. I will be publishing a piece each… Continue reading November Guest Writer – Mary Ann Mulhern – Part I
Busy is as Busy Does…Writing in the Thick of It.
Boy. Life has been extremely busy. That's why I haven't written a post - well, a post specifically about my writing life - in many days. I feel like I should apologize, but I won't. Because one of the things I have to constantly remind myself is that when I'm working hard on things, I… Continue reading Busy is as Busy Does…Writing in the Thick of It.
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