The Song of the Phoenix by Cpt <HUN>, Flickr Hell. I need a cuppa joe. Four days into the NaNoWriMo and coffee pots are brewing non-stop in the homes of 300,000 writers — or at least in the home of this writer, whose fingers are about to skitter right off the laptop. Caffeine, I’ve found in this … More And They Were Cast into the Lake of Fire…
The cool table of young, hip writers. Needless to say, I wasn’t one of them. “At risk of sounding foully pompous, I think that writers’ groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writer’s career.” – Bernard Cornwell This past weekend, the Big Bend area of the NaNoWriMo held their 2012 Kick-off Dinner, and … More Tallahassee NaNoWriMo Kick-Off Dinner
3…2…1…Blast Off! Thursday rounds the hump of Wednesday and slides in safe at home! Another weekend is almost upon us and as is tradition at Treading Water (officially the second week of this long-standing tradition), today is reserved for random musings—thoughts about anything, everything, or whatever happens to tickle my fancy at the moment. Many … More A New Game Plan
Whistle While You Mop by CarbonNYC, Flickr It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it. Tuesday Tips & How-to’s begins today, but before diving into the Write Great Fiction Series as planned, I want to bring up the all-important task of preparing your work space, mainly because that’s what I’ve been doing this past … More Getting Your House in Order
National Novel Writing Month Contributing author Lisa Cron and the good folks over at Writer Unboxed reminded me that November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, in case you’ve seen the acronym flitting around the pages of late. I’m not going to bother writing an article about it since Lisa did such a fantastic … More 30 Days and 30 Nights of Literary Abandon
M.L. Swift, Writer 