30 Sep 2011
[Fiction] Friday Challenge #227
[Fiction] Friday Challenge #227 for September 30th, 2011 Use the image to the right as your inspiration. How Fiction Friday works. It’s easy to do. Check this page for this week’s theme or challenge. Prompts are published each month to give you plenty of notice. Spend at least 5 minutes composing something original based on the theme or challenge. (and keep writing…) But,... read more
30 Sep 2011
Post Scriptum – September 2011
Is there such a genre as “abandonment”? If so, this post may well fit into it. Unusually for me, I’m writing this well before the end of the month. Normally I try to wrap up and summarise the whole month. A plenary, in other words. But not this month (and the use of the word plenary ties into the reasons). Much to my own surprise and bewilderment, I find myself appointed to teach English... read more
29 Sep 2011
If I Had a Nickel
Hello, my name is Rob and I write science fiction. Sometimes it feels like I’m at some kind of Writers Anonymous meeting when I am asked about the genre I tend to write. It is certainly a question most (dare I say, all) of us writers get at some point in our lives and it is one question for which the answer can have an enormous influence on our success and happiness as a writer. Which may be why it... read more
28 Sep 2011
Book giveaway – Grosvenor Square
Today’s guest writer Katherine Ann Meyer has very kindly offered a copy of her book, Grosvenor Square, to one lucky Write Anything reader. For your chance to win, just answer the following question: Grosvenor Square focuses on the lives of which family? (a) The Austens (b) The Whartons (c) The Hathaways If you need some help, please visit Sabine Publications for further details. Send your answer to... read more
28 Sep 2011
Q & A with Katherine Ann Meyer
30-Second Spotlight Hometown: Rockford,Illinois Current Home: Round Rock,Texas Favourite Book: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Favourite Movie: It’s impossible to pick just one! Here are a few of my favorites: Roman Holiday (1953), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Bright Star (2009) Favourite Quote: “On matters of style, swim with the current. On matters of principle, stand like a... read more
27 Sep 2011
What kind of thing do you write?
What kind of thing do you write? Asked in French this becomes: “Quel genre écrivez-vous?” That’s where we get the notion of genre from. Genre simply indicates the kind of thing we write. Later it became used in a more technical sense as relates to one or more established modes of writing: comedy, tragedy, sci-fi, whodunnits etc. Now I’m sure, we’ll have got (or we’ll be... read more
26 Sep 2011
Genre Ain’t Such A Dirty Word
Genre. There, I said it. I actually said fiction’s “dirty word”. Honestly, the way some people treat discussions of genre, you’d think we were talking about You-Know-Who. I’ve read blog entries in which aspiring writers are cautioned never to follow generic conventions and to strive towards literary perfection, in much the same way that I’ve read articles haranguing... read more
25 Sep 2011
Spoken Sunday #34
Spoken Sunday Submission #34 for September 25th, 2011 For full details check the page. How To Play: 1. After you have submitted to [Fiction] Friday – or written a passage of around 600 words, record it. 2. On your blog, or audioboo site, post an explanation of your piece (if its a passage from a larger work) or ask readers for specific feedback about it – as well as a link to your... read more
