MEME Writers Block

Fridays always feel like Chinese food sort of days, and what's takeout without a fortune cookie? Thus, Fridays will bring you tips, tricks, advice, and some riddles that might apply to everything but will turn a light bulb on in your head (or maybe I just like talking like Yoda).

So he doesn't talk like Yoda, he sure looks pretty!

Don't let the sun fry your brain cells. Set yourself a goal of x-amount of words a day and do it! Even if you end up writing a love scene between the ice-cream truck man and fuzzy slippers in 80-degree weather lady. Get those juices flowing.

Happy Summer Writing!

Fridays always feel like Chinese food sort of days, and what's takeout without a fortune cookie? Thus, Fridays will bring you tips, tricks, advice, and some riddles that might apply to everything but will turn a light bulb on in your head (or maybe I just like talking like Yoda).

"If you let the fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin." --Katharine Butler Hathaway

For those of you writing to trends. And, basically, anyone not writing what they want to write.

Happy writing!

Fortune Cookie Friday - Questions and Mistakes

Fridays always feel like Chinese food sort of days, and what's takeout without a fortune cookie? Thus, Fridays will bring you tips, tricks, advice, and some riddles that might apply to everything but will turn a light bulb on in your head (or maybe I just like talking like Yoda).

Do not be afraid to ask dumb questions; they are easier to handle than dumb mistakes.

...except an agent's query inbox. Those are for the mistakes, not the questions.

Happy writing!

 

Fortune Cookie Friday - Wisdoms from Austin

Fridays always feel like Chinese food sort of days, and what's takeout without a fortune cookie? Thus, Fridays will bring you tips, tricks, advice, and some riddles that might apply to everything but will turn a light bulb on in your head (or maybe I just like talking like Yoda).

So pretty!

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a writer in possession of a manuscript must be in want of an agent.
"However little known the feelings or views of such an agent may be on his first entering a conference, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding writers, that he is considered as the rightful property of all the writers."

Entering conference season, behave yourself! No eating brains.

Happy writing!

New for November

What's new for November? Besides NaNo?

I'm keeping you crazy NaNo-ers in mind this fall and starting two new blog series.

The first will kick off your week: Monday Madness. It's not quite as fun as it sounds though (except for me). It's quick grammar, vocab, etc, the simple mistakes I see as an agent (and a concerned English Major who is Facebook friends with non-English Majors).

The second will wrap up your week: Fortune Cookie Friday. This is exactly as fun as it sounds! Words of wisdom brought to you by Confucius, Yoda, and internet Memes! Completely unrelated to writing but we'll make them be relevant to us! (look for the first tomorrow-- words for you, Yoda has)

Wednesday Reads will continue (I know you've missed them) because tons of great books have come out this fall and I'm scrambling to read them all!

And, when the muse descends, I'll grace you all with my own advice and theories of this crazy world we exist in. And I'll answer your questions! If you have anything you want to know about, or ask me in general, please ask in the comments section of this post!

I'll leave you on this first day of NaNo with this:

Be safe this November... don't hurt anyone who interrupts the creative process.

Happy NaNo-ing!