Another stab at Aisling Weaver‘s FuckMeFriday prompts. … Fawn I watch the way you look at them, your eyes on her hand as she feeds him, your brow creasing as she simpers. Fawns. Placing my hand on your thigh beneath your skirt, close to the rope you wear beneath your clothes, I lean in close …
Monthly Archive: May 2011
May 23
Music To Write To: Numbness, Death and Despair
My favorite descriptions of the writing process are those that liken it to method-acting. When I’m writing a character, I need to get in his head – be where he is, think how he thinks, feel what he feels. And a huge piece of that, for me, is setting the right mood with music. So …
May 20
Cream : Fuck Me Friday
Another stab at Aisling Weaver‘s FuckMeFriday prompts. … Cream It was the little white dot on her nose. She set the carton down before looking around to see if she’d been caught drinking cream from the carton before adding it to the bowl. She didn’t see me. So the mixer was already whirring, her gaze …
May 20
My First Writer’s Conference, Part Four: That’s What Friends Are For
This is my last little reflection on my first writer’s conference, and it’s shameful that it’s taken me this many segments to get to the heart of the matter, which is that it’s the people and the community that make a conference worthwhile. I met some really incredible people in Pittsburgh. I’m a fairly shy …
May 19
My First Writer’s Conference, Part Three: The Dreaded Read and Critique
The scariest thing I did at the Penn Writers conference this year was attend a read and critique session. It was me, five other writers, and a panel of people waiting to rip me to shreds. And it was easily the highlight of the conference. Listening to a panel of professionals offer up advice and …
May 18
My First Writer’s Conference, Part 2: My Eureka Moment
I did not go to a writer’s conference expecting to have a breakthrough on my novel. So imagine my delight when the clouds parted, the sun came out, and a brilliant ray of light shot through the sky while I was sitting there listening to a presentation on crafting story arcs. I was already familiar …
May 17
My First Writer’s Conference, Part 1: Pitching and Querying
Some of the most useful sessions I went to at Penn Writers were the ones on pitching and querying. Mind you, I do my homework, so I already had a vague idea of how to go about this, but hearing things in person and seeing pitches and query letters dissected really helped make things so …
May 16
Why Writer’s Conferences Rock
This past weekend, my friend H. Hunting and I met up at the annual Penn Writers conference in Pittsburgh. Neither of us had ever been to a writer’s conference before, and we were both very nervous going into it. Our choice of conferences was mostly based on geography and timing, but I have to say …
May 06
Pin : Fuck Me Friday
Aisling Weaver is kind enough to post prompts every Friday on her site. Just for fun I thought I’d give it a go. … Pinned I used to hate when he would pin me down. It felt too vulnerable, too weak, and I would stiffen up. And not in the way that he’d intended. He …
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