Archive for the ‘ Book stuff ’ Category
Earlier this week, The University of Texas at Austin, announced that they had acquired DFW’s archives. The collection includes handwritten notes, and early drafts of his work. The Wallace archive will be available to the public later in 2010. For now, several items can be viewed online, and a selection is currently on [ READ MORE ]
My friend, Susan Henderson talks about the editing process over at The Nervous Breakdown. Not just the general process, mind you…the editing process she underwent after she got her first book deal, which she describes as all-consuming. While I have yet to receive that prized phone call that my manuscript is sold, as a freelance [ READ MORE ]
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I added a new section to my blog, which I plan to post short works of fiction and non. The first piece is something I wrote a few years ago based on the misdirected advice offered by some beauty magazines…it is fiction. A Blog from a Forever Young Magazine Subscriber [ READ MORE ]
In honor of Veterans Day, I am posting an essay I wrote for the Seal Press anthology, FRANCE A LOVE STORY. Paris Can Wait by Lori Oliva The forest of Compiègne was damp with the mist that had covered France’s far northern countryside since I arrived four days earlier. As I trudged through the mud, water [ READ MORE ]
Last month Tor.com dedicated October to Steampunk. They featured new fiction, blogs, author interviews, art, and even a photo contest for readers who dressed up in period garb…so cool! I am fascinated with the 19th and early 20th Century…that mixed with technology, steam engines, zeppelins, industrial cities and the wild west. [ READ MORE ]
It seems as if everyone is talking about National Writing Month. I think that’s great. Again, for anyone who is going for it, I congratulate you. The tremendous time and effort involved in such an endeavor has got me thinking about first drafts. I just read agent, Rachelle Gardner’s post on writing a first draft. [ READ MORE ]
My friend, Susan Henderson is discussing the first animal you ever loved over on her literary website, Lit Park, and I wrote a little about our dear Daisy: Oh, Daisy. Daisy was a black and tan, daschund beagle mix that came to my family when I was 5. We had been asking for a dog for [ READ MORE ]
Each November, ambitious writers converge upon their laptops, notebooks and typewriters with one painstaking goal inside their hearts and minds. Write that novel. National Novel Writing Month is dedicated to helping writers keep up their enthusiasm and perseverance, while writing 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30. For all you writers out there who are making [ READ MORE ]
I’ve been busy wrapping up edits for novel, and I wanted to post a picture of my storyboard. I can’t tell you how much this has helped me during the process. It’s virtually impossible to keep track of all the plot points contained within a 350 page story unless you create some sort of storyboard. [ READ MORE ]
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