30 Nov 2011
Post Scriptum – November 2011
Well, that’s it over for another year. NaNoWriMo that is. But not writing. Oh no, that one lasts all year, every year. You’ll hear a lot of nonsense spilled in November. That you’re not a real writer if you only do NaNoWriMo. That’s rubbish. If you write, you are a writer. But if you only do NaNoWriMo, if you only write for 30 days out of the year, then while you may be a writer,... read more
29 Nov 2011
Q & A with Peggy Sijswerda
Banish those final day NaNoWriMo blues with author Peggy Sijswerda, who knows a thing or two about writing against the odds. Write Anything caught up with Peggy to ask about her book, Still Life with Sierra. Tell me about your book. What is it about? Can you describe it in just a few sentences? Still Life with Sierra is a travel memoir but also focuses on family. It chronicles my family’s journey... read more
28 Nov 2011
Book Review–Toxic Feedback
I dread reading what other people think of my writing. I fear to open a review in case it is a bad one. I take criticism too personally; a poor story reflects on me as a poor writer, and if I am a poor writer I am a poor person. I need to become better at taking feedback, good and bad, but particularly the bad. It is something that all writers must learn to do. Joni B Cole has provided Write Anything with... read more
27 Nov 2011
Spoken Sunday #43
Spoken Sunday Submission #43 for 27th November, 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
26 Nov 2011
Forty-three Thousand, Three Hundred Forty-Two
If you are like most people in the known universe, you have no idea what the title of this post means. But the portion of people who will spend today toiling away to reach word counts in excess of this number – you are the people who truly know what this title means (no offense meant to the small tribe of fire-breathing water beings of Amanalaga Prime, for whom the number 43,342 is significant because... read more
25 Nov 2011
[Fiction] Friday Challenge #235
[Fiction] Friday Challenge #235 for November 25th, 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
24 Nov 2011
NoNoWriMo
So it’s November and all the cool writing kids are two thirds of the way through tapping out their 50,000 words. NaNoWriMo is on the cover of the writing blogs. There are posts galore about how to get over the mid-month slump, how to keep hitting your daily target, how to avoid doing anything other than write, write, write. But what about those of us not taking part? What about those writers with too... read more
23 Nov 2011
November should be novel-party month
It’s a bit hard to predict where you’ll be at twenty-three days into your National Novel Writing Month campaign and how you’ll be feeling about your novel and your chances of reaching the target – or whether you’ve already given up by now. But at the time of writing, at the tail end of October, this is what I have to do. In order for me to maintain some stamina and interest in my novel, my... read more
