Active Voice – Steve Turtell on Memoir
Active Voice is a new addition to Bunny Island Key West where writers discuss various aspects of the craft of writing. Sometimes this section will…
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Editors, My Secret Weapon
If you have the humility to accept criticism you may be willing to actually hire someone who has a clue. Indie authors have been accused…
The book is done -now what?
Here’s what has happened to No Name Key so far: I am dead center of a very steep learning curve particularly when it comes to…
The Meanest Writer’s Group in Florida – The Casa Marina Group
Don’t mess with Sarah Or let this smile fool you. The Casa Marina Writers Group is small, intense and demanding. Reading occasionally feels like a…
Want to Finish? Enter a Contest!
Lately, after many years of refusing, I have started to send my writing out again, looking for publication. I have a writing buddy who absolutely…
The End. First Draft Completed.
Earlier this week, I wrote those most coveted words on the page. I centered them, in caps, skipped a couple of lines and wrote: THE…
Rolling, rolling, rolling
Reporting from the field. Just dodged a bullet by trying to improve, i.e. complicate, the plot of my novel by adding a stash of gold…
Life gets in the way, but still
I’m sure I’m not alone when I break promises to myself. Particularly writing promises. I haven’t posted in the last two weeks and didn’t write…
Novel mid-point. Tackling the sagging middle
My word count tells me I am right at the midpoint but my storyline says more like two thirds. So do I need more story?…
Researching a novel. Write what you want to know
If you wonder why no one comments after you detail the particulars of wood grain, or how tornadoes form, chances are you may also be…