Beginning writers often (OK, even experienced writers sometimes) forget to invoke other senses besides sight. If they think of feeling, they don’t think of how things feel; instead, novice writers spend too much time on how their characters feel rather than thinking of what objects might feel like to those characters.
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Does Your Writing Make Sense?
Posted in General, tagged writing on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
Posted in General, Writing Life, tagged bookstore, critique, editing, fiction, get published, manuscripts, My books, nonfiction, reading, Sisters in Crime, Speaking engagements, Women Writing for a Change, writing, writing workshops on May 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Hey folks! This summer I’m going to be giving some talks and conducting workshops around the Tristate, if you’d like to catch me without signing up for a multi-week class. Check out these great opportunities to hear me!
Writing Workshop Workshop This Sunday at Olive’s
Posted in General on April 27, 2012 | 2 Comments »
If you’re a writer in the Greater Cincinnati area, please join us at Olive’s this Sunday, April 29, at 2 p.m. for our Writing Workshop Workshop. Learn the gentle art of critiquing and being critiqued. Bring $5 for the kitty and about seven minutes’ worth of work to read to the group. Come early if [...]
Warming Up Before Getting to Work
Posted in General, Writing Life, tagged exercises, Facebook, process, prompts, rituals, video games, writing on March 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve come to realize that my daily writing warm-up was not efficient as it could be and worse: it was downright counter-productive in many ways.
Writing Workshop Workshop
Posted in General on March 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you around Cincinnati, I’m holding another Writing Workshop Workshop this Sunday, March 18, at 2 p.m. at Olive’s. Bring your manuscript and $5 for a gentle introduction to the art of critiquing. This Sunday will mark my one-year anniversary of offering this Writing Workshop Workshop! Remember, also, that Valerie J. Lewis Coleman [...]
Write On! Workshop in Dayton on March 31
Posted in General on March 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
If you enjoyed the Write On! Workshop Cincy Style and want to hear even more wisdom from Val Coleman and me, rush your fingers to this web page and register for the original Write On! Workshop. If you register before March 15 for the Write On! Workshop, to be held on March 31, 2012, in [...]
Ah, A Blast From the Past
Posted in General on February 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I just stumbled across three old papers of mine on the intarwebs. It was a pleasure to see them, until I actually read them. I wrote these papers when I was a government contractor working on a trail-blazing project for the Department of Energy. Truly. No one had ever done what our group was doing. [...]
When to Take (or Not Take) on a New Editing Client
Posted in General, Writing Life, tagged editing, manuscripts, writing workshops on February 9, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Today I’m talking specifically to my fellow freelance editors, but everyone else is welcome to eavesdrop. Accepting a new editing client is a lot like dating, so I’m going to give you some tips today to keep it safe, fun and profitable. Oops, that part isn’t like dating.
Writing Workshop Workshop
Posted in General on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
If you want a gentle introduction to the art of critiquing someone’s manuscript and having yours critiqued, please join us this Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. We’re meeting at Olive’s on Ludlow at 2 p.m. Bring about 5 to 7 minutes’ worth and $5 for the kitty. See you there!
Writing Workshop Workshop
Posted in General on January 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re looking for some writing inspiration, you have lots of opportunities coming up! This past Thursday night I started another six-week session of Writing to Publish: Level II for UC’s Communiversity. Starting Monday, Jan. 23, from noon to 2 p.m., I’ll be teaching an eight-week session of Introduction to Writing for Women Writing for [...]
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