Programmer, Writer, Mom
Posted in For Writers on Apr 6th, 2010
Yesterday, I received my first official rejection of my writing. It came at the end of a challenging (dare I say crappy) day so it felt more cosmic world-against-me than personal my-writing-sucks. While I pondered the rejection, I savored how I might use it for my nefarious writing goals. I looked far and wide for [...]
Posted in Writing/Reading on Apr 2nd, 2010
I’ve been reading about outlining and scenes recently. I read an article by Lazette Gifford about phase outlining. Now, I’m reading The Scene Book: A Primer for the Fiction Writer by Sandra Scofield. Lazette Gifford defines a phase as: Phases are written out as key phrases that will bring the next set of lines — [...]
Posted in Writing/Reading on Mar 25th, 2010
Dear three people who read this (I know because I use Google Analytics): Since I’m both a computer programmer and writer, and I seem to be meeting other people that are also techie and fiction writers, I thought I would start interviewing these people more formally and allow them to pitch their wares in return. [...]