Dart's View of Life and the Universe
OK, Maybe not that vicious. Although if one is not accustomed to receiving criticism about one of your beloved short pieces of fiction, then yeah, at first, it may seem like %$^^$#%# vicious. Let me relay to you a true …
One of my small successes in writing was having a 101 word story published in 101words. They publish 101 word flash fiction daily. They wanted a rewrite and I worked harder on those 101 words than any other published fiction. …
We all have fears. As a new writer, I fear I am totally worthless as a writer. I feel that my dream of being a published writer is just a dream, a fairy tale, nonsense, a game. So, I put …
Well, you know it is cold outside our Boise home when one of our cats, Dewey, decides to get under the covers. We woke up today to 35 degrees. First time this “winter”. Up until two weeks ago the temperatures …
1. Reading internet sites about how to write. 2. Formatting my manuscript. 3. Blogging about other things, such as photography, Boise, Florida, etc. 4. My cat Dewey. Teaching him new tricks, like sitting up and begging for treats. 5. Reading …
I have 34,113 words completed now. My story got stuck then ran off the road into a ditch. It took me some time to haul it’s ass back into the writing road. Then I had to make a serious change …
I’ve been writing my novel using LibreOffice Writer and have been very happy with the result. I was using the Navigation panel to list the chapters on the left. I could click on a chapter and my main page would …
Not so long ago finding software to assist you in writing a novel was challenging. Years ago I settled on Scrivener. At the time it was the best in my opinion, and many people still consider it an excellent option …
One reason for this blog is to teach myself components of writing. Like what the heck actually are chapters, and how should they work? The issue of exactly how to use a chapter has haunted me for years like a …
I am happy to report that a very short piece of flash fiction, 101 words to be exact, has been accepted for publication by 101words.org. Tentative publication date is May 2, 2019. I was surprised and encourage by the quantity …