I’m Gonna Pretend This is a Wookiee

From the Sebeka/Menahga Review Messenger
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This happened alarmingly close to where we live…
Strangers in the Night
BY MIKE TRACY
It was Wednesday, July 23. It was getting dark, maybe 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. Kirk Orr was in the driveway at the Bruce Harne residence in rural Staples, watching as Amanda [...]

Self-Editing Boot Camp: Day 3

Welcome to the easy day of boot camp. In comparison to the others, this tier, while important, ought to seem like nothing.
Tier III: Packaging is all about punctuation and formatting.
And guess what? No huge mongo-long post today. Because wordpress doesn’t lend itself terribly well to modifying certain punctuation characters, I’ve done this entire tier in [...]

Scribd Behaving Badly

Since Scribd began to eat formatting at some point during the conversion process, here are some clean, direct links to the workshop resources so far:
Tier I Example
Tier I Worksheet (click “save” to download)
Tier II Checklist (click “save” to download)
Story Style Sheet (click “save” to download)
:banghead:

Self-Editing Boot Camp: Day 2

Quick announcement: There’s been a schedule change. The Track Changes portion of the workshop requires a couple more experiments (I really, really hate Microsoft Works and Open Office right now), so I’ve moved the Track Changes days of Boot Camp to Monday August 4th and Tuesday August 5th instead of Thursday and Friday of this [...]

Self-Editing Boot Camp: Day 1

I’ve got good news for you, and bad news.
Being a bad-news-first sort of girl, here it is: Self-editing is hard work. Perhaps even harder than writing.
The good news is — relatively speaking — I’ve been a writer for thirteen years. I’m also an acquiring copy editor, so I’ve seen submissions.
That means while I can’t tell [...]

Workshop Schedule: EDITED

I have to be quick with this — other duties are kicking my butt today.
Here’s the workshop schedule:
Monday, July 28: Intro and Step 1 of Self-Editing
I’ll introduce the dubious joy that is self-editing and show you the first tier of issues requiring attention.
Tuesday, July 29: Step 2 of Self-Editing
Tier II self-editing issues
Wednesday, July 30: Step [...]

The Workshop Cometh

It’s almost time, so I’m getting ready for PBW’s Left Behind and Loving It conference series.
I’ll be tackling self editing tips, which will not only touch on things an author should look for in their own work before submitting, but also some common problems encountered during the editing cycle. Yes, that means someone is finally [...]

Finally!

We’ve launched the Lyrical Press forums. There are hangouts for socializing and the usual silliness, of course, as well as a library for excerpts and a place to talk about the writing craft.
To celebrate launch, we’ll be giving prizes away as the week rolls on, so come on over and join us.
See you there…

Um… Weekend 13?

I was gonna do this as a Thursday 13, but guess what? I ran out of time. (yeah, yet another big shocker, I know) So we’ll do this as a weekend 13 instead.

Buffy Quiz!

Who said…
“Yeah, but you know, good jazz is improvisational. So we’d be marching off in all directions. Running into floats and stuff. [...]

Vroom

:hemi:
Things are…a little busy around here.
I’m in the midst of readying our super-secret project for its unveiling. :supah: And editing. And contest judging. And getting a workshop ready. And keeping the small ones from going completely mental on each other.
I’ll be back when I have something coherent to say.