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The Literary Lab's Variations on a Theme Anthology is now available!

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The Literary Lab (which consists of three wonderful bloggers) have released their third anthology today! It is called Variations on a Theme, and my short story "The Empty Nest" is published in it! There are some amazing writers published in this anthology! I would highly recommend it. :) H...

I finally posted the books I read in February... The past month has required me to put my blog lower on the list of priorities, but my schedule has calmed down and I will be returning to the blogosphere now!

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I have some good news and some bad news...

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I'm in college, studying English Literature and planning on becoming a book editor. I currently work as a intern for a magazine that does book reviews, only one or two days a week, and I still live with my parents and do not make even close to enough money to move out. Hopefully my writing will star...

Aimee, really sorry to hear about your computer. Lately I've been using DropBox to avoid this kind of risk. I think it's worth looking into for the future. I looked it up. It's quite interesting and useful, though for someone who has multiple computers/a smart phone. I just have my one laptop that'...

I had a similar situation as this. I tried every possible angle to try to keep the MC in the story: different POV, different MC with that character still around, even deleting the character all together. Then I finally figured out what the problem was, after about five drafts that got to about 20 pa...

Bump so we can find it...

*takes deep breath* Ok, go. Goal: 15K 1 - 405 2 - 539 3 - 449 4 - 459 5 - 604 6 - 0 7 - 0 8 - 0 (family in town the past few days. super stressful week, not expecting to get any writing done in the next few days either.) 9 - 0 10 - 0 11 - 0 12 - 359 (finally got some free time! but having computer t...

I definitely have a motivation problem... I wouldn't call it writer's block, but it has similar symptoms and effects. I just can't seem to force myself to sit down and actually type! And a writing weakness, when I've actually got words on the page? I tend to make my characters' negative traits a lit...

I am hosting a writing contest focusing on the horror/thriller genre, inspired partly by the works of Stephen King. Write a short story/flash fiction between 250 and 1000 words, and email it to me at cheesepuff5292@yahoo.com by January 31st. First prize is a 2000 word critique of your manuscript! Mo...

Margo wrote:My job pays really well, but in December I brought home more from writing than from the day job.

Wow! Congrats Margo! That's wonderful news. Can't wait for when that happens for me.

Books I read this week.

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I don't think I can make 1000 words a day, but I'm aiming for at least a page a day. Good luck everyone! :) 1 - 218 2 - 849 3 - 0 4 - 0 uh oh 5 - 543 6 - 0 7 - 0 8 - 0 unfortunately 9 - 1348 10 - 1470 11 - 779 12 - 1303 13 - 0 14 - 0 again 15 - 161 16 - 1211 (the semester has started! definitely goi...

How 2011 fared for me.

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Happy new year everyone!