Writer's Quest
Writer’s Quest – Part 7: Con Writer’s Workshop
Last modified: March 20, 2011
Once I’d finished my novel, I sent it out some places—agents, a few publishers. I started to collect rejection letters. There were a few hand-written (or mostly type-written, but personalized) rejections; but mostly they were form letters. I got it … Continue reading
Writer’s Quest – Part 6: Dry Places
Last modified: December 24, 2010
So, I’ve mentioned rejections. I, for one, never got too bent out of shape by these. Early on, it probably had more to do with my own hubris than my thick skin for critique or the rejection itself. In other … Continue reading
Writer’s Quest – Part 5: Early Attempts
Last modified: December 12, 2010
After I wrote my first short story–”The Dark Child”–I did occassionally write other stories. As I’ve mentioned, occassional writing won’t cut it if you want either to become a professional writer or even just write well. But, I was young … Continue reading
Writer’s Quest – Part 4: The Dark Child
Last modified: November 29, 2010
By the time I wrote my first bona fide short story, I’d made only one prior attempt at written storytelling—the little elementary school play I talked about, which we wound up having to turn into a melodrama because, well . … Continue reading
Writer’s Quest – Part 3: The Book’s that Inspire
Last modified: March 27, 2011
Books are like beacons. At least to me they are. I can find my way by them, and can see both where I’ve been and, to a degree, where I’m going. I can’t say that I’ve always been a voracious … Continue reading
Writer’s Quest – Part 2: When Inspiration Strikes
Last modified: October 30, 2010
Even as a fairly young person, I found time to write. It just wasn’t with any frequency or regularity. It was, as they say, when inspiration hit me. It’s actually alarming how often I speak with adults who claim to want to be writers or two write a book and who also say that they hadn’t written in a long while because they just weren’t inspired. Continue reading
Writer’s Quest – Part 1: From hope to publication.
Last modified: November 8, 2010
I’ve wanted to be a published writer for . . . well, a long damn time. See, while I think storytellers might tell their stories even if they never got published–’cause we’re all masochistic like that–such is not really the idea. Continue reading
