update
broken wrist in cast but good news is it doesn’t need surgery!! completed novpad challenge and am looking forward to revising and putting together chapbook. typing with hand in cast is the pits!!
November PAD challenge
I’m participating in the November PAD challenge http://www.writersdigest.com/poeticasides/
Though I’m not posting to the blog, as I don’t want my poems to be previously published, I’m sharing my poems with some friends, and I am planning on putting together a chapbook to submit. I’ve now got my theme solidified and am not just keeping up, but keeping to my theme. Hot diggety!!
Do consider participating — it’s loads of fun.
Muse online conference in progress
.. it’s going to be a busy week. Lucky yesterday was a holiday.
Are You a Real Writer? Join our upcoming discussion to find out
Are you? Am I? Join the discussion on Nancy Famolari’s blog on September 13th.
Check out Umbrella Journal
Check out the latest issue of online zine Umbrella, where you’ll find two of my math poems in the special school subjects section.
Do you outline?
Barbara Ehrentreu’s interview with Penny Ehrenkranz, in which they discuss writing process — and disclose that neither of them outlines when writing — got me thinking about my process –
Nope, I don’t outline either — certainly not on paper. But then, I’ve never written anything longer than 10,000 words or so either — a n “adult” novel (which, at the moment, I have no intention of writing ..) might be a whole different ballgame.
Ultimately, I am too disorganized, and my thinking process too “random” to take easily to outlining. Hey, I can’t even manage to fill out the nice tax planner my accountant sends me every year — I just collect all the bits of paper into a folder and hand them to her. Then she tells me what’s missing.
I do admire folks who outline — I think it would probably help get to a tighter story sooner –
At the moment, at least, I’m not ready to sign up …
Do you outline? Does it help? Are you generally a well organized person?
