Archive for October, 2007
Ocober 1, 2007 (tonight) marks the first day for sign ups of the National Novel Writing Month contest. This is an annual contest held by the NaNoWriMo.org web site. Although you don’t technically start writing until November 1st, you can sign up to obligate yourself to crank out 50,000 words within a month’s time.
The word [...]
A recurring theme in my experience with writing is that for all the excuses one has in regards as to why the writing isn’t finished, or completed, or the goals set for ourselves doesn’t come to fruition is simple. Writers write! Begin today by having no more excuses to find why we have not written [...]
When I started looking around for a writer’s group to join, there was no big surprise that most of them are located near the city. Washington D.C. and Baltimore had a few, yet most were an hour’s drive with traffic reminiscent of a high speed video game. More importantly, they were not here.
Luckily [...]
I learned years ago that in the area I live in, if there wasn’t a group available for me to join, I’d simply start my own. So when I started looking around for a writer’s group to join, there was no big surprise that most of them are located near the city. (Washington D.C.) Baltimore [...]
The other day I got my first rejection from Associated Content for an article focusing on weight loss tips. They claimed the subject was too broad. I then decided to visit the Associated Content message board, and discovered that a number of people were complaining about articles having been rejected based on a new criteria [...]
I’ve been giving some thought on this subject of ‘fear of rejection’, namely that of being rejected once you submit writing for publication. Rejection letters can be very discouraging, demoralizing, and seemingly proof of the lack of skill…or so one would think. Rejection can mean many things from the subject matter is not what they [...]
I find myself only recently fired up about submitting my writing for publication, let alone having the confidence to share my stuff outside my writer’s circle and friends. Too shy you ask?
Growing up, my family was harsh in criticism. Once I shared a story with my mother that was twenty pages, front and back, all [...]
Add this site
:: 
:: 
:: 
:: 
:: 
:: 
:: 
:: 
:: 
:: 
-
Inspiration
More Photos
