Monthly Archives: January 2010

Starting A New Story

I’m working on a new short story and find myself banging my head trying to answer basic questions. What does this character want? What is preventing her/him/hir from getting it? How can I begin the story so that the reader …
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Get Your First Chapter Critiqued

In their new “Slush Pile Workshop” series, The Writing Show podcast podcast will be offering expert critiques on first chapters of novels from listeners.
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Back to Writing

After taking a few weeks off to study web design and create a whole new look for my site, not to mention the premiere of my short story “Sappho”, I am back to writing. Today, I’ve been working on another …
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“Sappho” – a short story

Teenager Sappho Espinoza-Brown is being bullied at school. But rather than inform her lesbian mothers, Sappho chooses to take matters in her own hands with disastrous results.
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I Really SHOULD Be Writing

Hello, Monkeys! I haven’t done much writing in the past week and today was no exception. Among my many distractions (some of which are positive things) are helping a fellow writer get a better understanding of story structure (and getting …
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