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Spring 2013 Novel Writing Class Another year of teaching novel writing concluded last night at LCC. What a great bunch of attentive and enthusiastic writers! We discussed how to keep the writing momentum during the summer months.Writing Tip for Today: When the weather’s nice, it may be harder to work in that novel writing session. […]
Friday, finally. This week has been exhausting and exhilarating. My book The Fence My Father Built, has racked up some amazing Kindle sales . Our move is not yet complete, and if these darned cats won’t stay at the new place, I’m threatening them like the kitty Soup Nazi –no soft food for you! My […]
The most frequent complaint I hear as my writing classes near the end of a term is, “How will I keep going?” Nanowrimo is still 8 months away. You have to squeeze in writing time after work or before the family wakes up. Without the structure and nurture of an instructor and/or a trusted group […]
My classes at Lane Community College end tonight. I’ll give a pep talk in addition to the info on literary agents, submissions and query letters, but some of the students will begin to loosen their grip on writing as soon as the pressure is removed. Especially in book-length writing projects, finishing, keeping up momentum from […]