Link to a new story by me. Thanks Schuylkill Valley Journal Online.
Use your words
Some know the power of a name. Some possess powers of persuasion. Some wield multiple languages like maestros before orchestras. Some days, there are reminders words matter. The ones we write, the words we don't say, the details we edit. The stories we tell, and retell and the ones we hold back. I don't have … Continue reading Use your words
Unreliable indicators
I am reminded by the state of my rejection per submission rate, that publication success is aggregation, but it does not gather interest of itself. I have learned each little success does help with my motivation, even it doesn't equal building momentum towards more successes. What I am trying to say is that being accepted … Continue reading Unreliable indicators
Writing redundancies, ok
Some thoughts on editing
Rejection quotations
A poem to honour reaching forty writing rejections this year. Rejection quotations Thank you for your submission. On this occasion your story hasn't made it. I'm sorry to disappoint you. It’s just a competition. I have read and thought about the poems you sent me, but I'm not keeping them. I'm sorry to report we … Continue reading Rejection quotations
Little fishie
One busy little writing fishie
Structurally sound
Structure in writing and life
Drag and drop
A writing update
Out of the loop
A little writing update featuring a new kind of rejection
A view of the comments section
It's that time, gentle readers, when I sift through the ye olde spam folder to find something entertaining or at least affirming, beyond highly suspect offers of dodgy antibiotics I'm allergic too, among other things. I’m not that much of a online reader to behonest but your blogs really nice, keep it up! I’ll go … Continue reading A view of the comments section
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