If you come to me with some incredibly stupid idea (like, say, agreeing to a terrible job or sleeping with the wrong person), I am not the friend who is going to grab you by the shoulders and shout, "What the hell are you thinking!" or "Get a grip!" No. I'm the friend who tilts …
not enough sleep but plenty of glue
The big picture...
A great threesome.
Listen to Sherman Alexie, Judy Blume, and Neil Gaiman talk books! They talk about Young Adult fiction, but plenty of folks out there who want to put a story on the page ought to enjoy it too. (And I'm specifically thinking of you, Shelli!) And by the by, I totally agree with Sherman about Neil. …
The Rewrite Chronicles: The Killing Spree
After spending a couple hours trying to write one tiny scene, I had to admit that the scene did nothing to progress the story. Out came the special scene killing blade--and I closed my eyes and cut, cut, cut... This hurts me more than it hurts you, I told the characters. Now, if it were …
My Lying Heart
A student said she doesn't read fiction. Why? I asked. Well, you spend all this time reading it and it isn't even true. A dagger to my lying heart.
Can’t Stop.
I just keep cutting and cutting...
Take scissors, glue, and one novel…
An early draft of my novel sat under my desk and mocked me. So I took my scissors to the pages and gave the silly thing something else to do. If it can't be art one way, it can damn well be art another way.
Badgering: The Sweet Dream Edition
Tiny Badger is tired. Tired! But that won't stop tiny badger from nipping at your heels if you aren't doing your writing. I don't know what other badgers dream about, but tiny badger dreams of humans hunched over desks marking up pages until there is a thing called a book. Tiny badger wants all these …
The Rewrite Chronicles: These Things Must Be Done Delicately
Takes magic of all kinds to get to the end. Over here in my corner of the world, I've just dropped a house on half of my novel, and now I'm going to go outside and see where I am. The problem is that I'm not as innocent as Dorothy (meaning I dropped the house …
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Wanted for Crimes against Writers
The dreaded girl gang of three are capable of taking out a writer anywhere at any time. The malevolent Angstintina, Obsessisa, and Neurotichka can smell coffee from a thousand paces. They spot their prey as it sits illuminated in the light of a computer screen. If necessary, they can also hear the rustle of paper …
Marta Bacon 