Category Archives: Writing Stuff
Six Words
So, there’s this unconfirmed legend that Ernest Hemingway once wrote six words that he considered his best work: “For Sale: Baby shoes – never used.” The searching I did on the Internet couldn’t confirm that Hemingway ever wrote that, but it did get me interested in what I could write in six words. I even [...]
Micro-Fiction
As an author, I think it’s important to work on different writing styles. I’m not talking about genre, I’m talking about micro-fiction. First, there was flash fiction. Generally, flash fiction is a story of 1000 words or less. Some consider it a story of 500 words or less. Either way, it’s a short amount of [...]
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De.licio.us
It’s pronounced “delicious,” and it’s a website where you can put links to your favorite websites. I know, it doesn’t sound too exciting, but actually, it kind of is. I mean, imagine that you can get to your “favorites” from whatever computer you happen to be on. Think about it – ever had a computer [...]
NaNoWriMo
It stands for the National Novel Writing Month and it happens every November. The idea is that you write a 50,000 word novel in just 30 days. That boils down to 1,667 words a day if you spend everyday writing. Typically, I can write 1,667 in less than two hours. Fifty-thousand words comes out to [...]
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Marketing Your Writing
Recently I have heard a lot about “marketing” your writing. It’s basically getting your name out there and being seen. That includes social networking, like FaceBook and MySpace, as well as blogs, like this one and the one I started on Vox.com (I’m Dmac9000 there). I have to say that it is, on average, twice [...]
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