After drinking lots of coffee, I think I'm finally awake! I have plenty to do at the day job today but as I was downing the last of my coffee, I came across this fascinating blog post at Chasing Ray. In the post, What A Girls Wants #3: Representing All The Girls, Colleen states: "In the sea of titles with straight white female (blonde) main characters, there are disturbingly few that are African American, Native American, Jewish, Muslim, Asian American, Indian, LBGT and on and … [Read more...]
Scene Spark #6
July 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
Your protagonist is confronted by an enemy. Questions to ask about this scene spark: *Does your protagonist fight or run? *Does the enemy have any weakness that the protagonist knows about? *Was the protagonist prepared for the confrontation? … [Read more...]
Ask Before You Leap
July 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
Between watching the Michael Jackson memorial and hitting a major stumbling block (only 336 words for the Challenge), I'm really drained. But before shutting the laptop down, I found this link off a Tayari Jones blog post. 10 Questions Writers Must Ask Before Quitting Their Day Job on the Writer’s Digest website is an interesting read. Not that I intend to quit my day job. Although it would be nice to not to go work tomorrow since it’s technically early morning and basically … [Read more...]
Summer Challenge Milestone #5
July 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
Just finished up the 5th week of the Challenge. It’s like a part of my life now. Ha, ha. I hit a milestone of sorts by breaking into the 20K range, which is good progress. However, I’m still having trouble. Last week, I had trouble with trying to revise while writing new draft. This week, I was conflicted with bad writer on my right shoulder and good writer on my left. Both of them were competing and messing with my sanity. Bad Writer: “This sucks.” “You’re never going to … [Read more...]
