Archive for November, 2007

Alicia Grey - Word Count Update

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Well, I said I would update word counts this week, Monday, and honestly, I didn't get to it. Between school and work and spending time with Erin (and then the hospital) I found that I didn't get around to it. I did update, the other day, but more along the ...

Back to What If…

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Erin and I had an interesting experience this past weekend. The details are important only in so far as they interest me when it comes to ideas for writing. The experience was a peeping tom that, apparently, has been a problem in the neighborhood for something like 40 or 50 ...

101 Best Websites for Writers

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

I discovered today that Writer's Digest has an annual list of the 101 Best Websites for Writers. You can find that list (for 2007) here. As my quest for websites that are writer/writing oriented increases, and as I find that In Order to Write (e.g. this website) takes up more of ...

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle - review and lessons

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

I recently picked up a copy of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and read the whole thing. This was an entertaining book written by an author that goes by the name AVI. You can walk into almost any bookstore, go to the children's section, look under Independent Reader ages ...

Backspace

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

One might think, from the title, that I am reverting to my (sometimes) tendency to write on a typewriter and the all important key for deleting (with whiteout) a mistyped word or letter. You would be wrong. No. Rather, I joined an online writing community called Backspace. You can get to ...