Last night, while reading Hemingway: A Biography by Jeffrey Meyers, I came to what I consider the best part in any literary biography: a breakdown of the subject’s writing process. Even if reading the biography of an author I don’t necessarily enjoy, I’m always fascinated by the way they work and the approach they take when hunkering down with a manuscript.
I’m a little bit hooked on Flavorwire – they turn up some amazing, inspiring creative content. Like this list of Henry Miller’s tips on how to be a writer.
Henry Miller Library, Big Sur
COMMANDMENTS
1. Work on one thing at a time until finished. 2. Start no more new books, add no more new material to “Black Spring.” 3.
Reblogged from Brian James Freeman:
The other day I realized this blog had passed 20,000 hits, which I thought was pretty cool!
As my way of saying thanks to everyone who has stopped by, I’m giving my eBook short story collection Seven Stories away for FREE on Amazon for this week only.
US link: http://amzn.to/SevenStories UK link: http://amzn.to/SevenStoriesUK Germany link: http://amzn.to/SevenStoriesGerman
If you have a…
I’m preparing to release my second short story in the series, Misadventures In La Mosquitia, and it involves bees. (Trust me it’s worth the download price.) I’m in need of a good bee picture; bees on a honeycomb, bees swarming on a natural hive, bees on some sort of neutral background I can put my title on and such. I’m willing to use a public domain picture, but I don’t want to see my book cover picture on some other product later on. I don’t mind doing some sort of service in return for the picture. So if you own a picture you think might be suitable, send me a link to it and if I want to use it we can correspond about it. I’ve never solicited anything more than some good advice on this blog before. So I don’t know if I’m going about this the right way. If anyone has any suggestions on other ways to go about this or where I might acquire the perfect picture for my cover, please comment here.
This is my entry for the 100WCGU challenge Week #29
I also want to mention that I think this is patterned after 100wc.net, which is for children 16 and under. They really need us adult writers to go comment on their entries each week. So if you have the time, please make a visit to that site a regular part of your routine. Thanks!
Here it is:
A Wednesday morning it was, that I was born
and I learned what life was about.
Ripped from my shelter, where I’d been so warm,
to a slap on the rump I cried “Ouch!”
There were pleasant times, yes, like a warm suckled meal
or a silky dry bottom for my nap,
But the general theme was to cry with full zeal
Until mother thought that I was a brat.
Growing was fun because then I could walk
And grab things I before couldn’t reach.
I can now use my mouth to repeat all the things
she never would knowingly teach.
WWE’s Ryder harnesses Web to boost his career – USATODAY.com.
I don’t follow professional fighting of any kind, fake or real. I’ve seen a few interesting matches and been entertained a time or two by both the fake stuff and the real. What this guy has done with his Youtube account is simply amazing, though. It’s the kind of thing we all want to do with our projects/products. There’s a lesson to be learned here.
This story is an absolutely wonderful sci-fi approach to understanding the life struggles of an awkward child. the sci-fi element is not obtrusive. It is only employed to make the story possible. The story is more about self-improvement, forgiveness and understanding than scientific wonders of any kind. I recommend you read this and allow it to inspire you to write a short story of your own.
It’s a 4 part story with links to the next part at the bottom of each page.
I’ve been looking at flash fiction lately. Maybe I’ll get involved.
How Do You Not Respond to Comments?
When celebrities do this, they have a reason. When an ordinary blogger does this, it’s just not right.
This totally drives me crazy. I know and I admit that different people have different reasons to blog. But most of the bloggers out there, who post publicly and leave the comment form open, have a common goal of being read and commented on.
Read more… 240 more words
Posted by roger engle on January 31, 2012 in Authors, Blogs, Writing
Tags: AIS Journal, Blog, Comments, Negative feedback, Social Media