Esmari: Okay, NaNo time! Revisions are done, beta readers are beta reading, just gotta figure out what project I’m gonna work on. SF Dystopian Short Story: You re-read me last week, made all kinds of notes about how to expand me into a novel. Is that not happening now? Esmari: Oh yeah, I totally intend … More Esmari’s NaNoWriMo 2021: A Ten-Minute Play
It’s been almost two months since my last blog post, and that’s because I’ve been busy AF. In the writing community, fall is a very busy time with several big events and contests going on. Who knew? First, I wanted to finish a revision, write and hone a synopsis, and refine my query letter in … More Busy Busy Busy Fall!
It’s two days before the Fall 2021 #PitMad event, so here’s my advice: 1 – Write good pitches (easier said than done) 2 – Engage with other authors by Quote Retweeting, Commenting, or Retweeting their pitches. DO NOT LIKE THE TWEETS. Don’t be that person who gives someone false hope by liking, which is how … More Twitter Adventures – Part 3
A few weeks ago I did a “first pages” feedback session with a handful of agents at an online writers workshop. The facilitator read the pages aloud and stopped when three of the four agents had raised their hand to indicate where they would have stopped reading (or, at least, at the first “red flag” … More First Paragraphs & Rejection
This past week, I went viral on Twitter for the first time. Okay, “viral” may be a strong word for it, but 3600 engagements v my usual 25-ish was a pretty big day for me. I’m now up about 500 followers from this time last week, and it all started with TweetDeck. For those of … More Twitter Adventures – Part 2
I’ve always hated Twitter. It’s just too much. I’m a completionist . . . I want to read all the books in a series and watch all the shows and see all the movies, etc. So when I first joined twitter, it was overwhelming. I shut down my account almost immediately. Then I started writing … More Twitter Adventures – Part 1
I’ve always struggled with short stories. Writing them, reading them . . . it doesn’t matter. They’ve never been my jam. I love epic stuff like Star Trek and Discworld and just about any other story following a group of people or society over a long period of time. Short stories always leave me wanting … More Short Stories and Other New Adventures
It’s been a heck of a couple years, y’all. I had been querying a manuscript in 2019 when I decided I needed to stop and do a major revision. Then I got super sick. For almost six months, I couldn’t focus enough to read or write, much less do my revision. I focused on getting … More I Survived a Pandemic! (So Far . . .)
To the casual observer, it would appear that I’ve been enjoying a lazy Saturday afternoon, sitting on my couch playing Candy Crush. They would be right about the couch and the gaming, but they would be entirely wrong about the “lazy” bit. You see, I’m working on revising a manuscript (hereafter MS2) that’s a sequel … More Daydreaming: My Favorite Writing Tool
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