On Writing – Page 13

Semi-Finalist List for Can You Leave Us Breathless Contest

Brenda Drake and her small army of totally awesome judges judged my little entry worthy of being one of the six semi-finalists of her Can You Leave Us Breathless contest! This is totally exciting. Go here to check out the other entries and remember to vote before midnight Oct 27th– preferably mine, but you know,Continue reading “Semi-Finalist List for Can You Leave Us Breathless Contest”

Can I Leave You Breathless? (Contest)

Brenda Drake is hosting a Can You Leave Us Breathless Blogfest Contest. Can you leave us breathless? On October 21 post an excerpt from your novel or other writings to your blog. If you want, you can write something new for the contest. Only one entry per participant. It can be up to 300 wordsContinue reading “Can I Leave You Breathless? (Contest)”

NaNoWriMo 2011 and changing the blog schedule

NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month. It’s held every November and the aim is to write a 50K words novel is 30 days. My first attempt was last year, where I wrote The Edge of Darkness. This year I’m going to do Tina Storm’s first full-length novel, which as yet doesn’t have a title. InContinue reading “NaNoWriMo 2011 and changing the blog schedule”

Guest Interview: Charlotte English of Words About Words

Charlotte is a lovely lady I met on Twitter, and I was instantly drawn to her blog because she often discusses tropes and ideas in fantasy fiction such as – my favourite – warrior women. Charlotte is another expat… I seem to be collecting them… except that she’s an English lady living in the NetherlandsContinue reading “Guest Interview: Charlotte English of Words About Words”

Seven Virtues Flash Fiction Challenge: Day Seven: Humility

Lady Antimony is hosting a week-long Repentance: The Seven Virtues flash fiction challenge. The premise of the challenge is as follows: Seven Days Seven Virtues Seven Flash Fictions up to 100 words Starting August 7. I cannot refuse this Disney themed Seven Virtues artwork from http://pat7.deviantart.com. The Seven Virtues are not as easily defined asContinue reading “Seven Virtues Flash Fiction Challenge: Day Seven: Humility”