You can read Part 1 here, or on the Absolute Write Water Cooler, along with a lot of other fabulous Halloween stuff. “You’re avoiding the worst of it, you know,” she said. I don’t know what I expected her to sound like. Joan Cusack, maybe, or Mel Blanc when he did the voice of that … Continue reading Revisions with Celia, Part 2
Month: October 2012
Revisions with Celia, Part 1
When it comes right down to it, this is all my mother’s fault. My mother has always loved dolls. When I was a little girl, she gave me some of the dolls she’d had as a child: gorgeous, eighteen-inch beauties with real human hair and eyes that closed. Each came with an extravagant wardrobe hand-made … Continue reading Revisions with Celia, Part 1
BOO
Next week, I'm going to be posting something a little different here. A friend of mine on my writing group asked if I would participate in an on-line All Hallows Eve party, and I've written a little short story for it. The idea is to post the first part on the message board, and then … Continue reading BOO
Impostor Syndrome
(For most of my life, I thought "Impostor" ended in "-er.") I've learned a few things over the last couple of days. One of those is that the bravado I wrote of in my last post was somewhat premature. Criticism might be necessary to get a book finished, but it can also make me seriously … Continue reading Impostor Syndrome
The Importance of Critics
"It is dreadful. Scrap it." That is an actual quote from a writing critique board that I frequent. It's worth stating that the critic provided additional feedback that was more substantive, and the author had the good grace to thank him. It's probably also worth noting that the piece being critiqued was indeed rough, sloppy, … Continue reading The Importance of Critics
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