Archive for the ‘General Entries’ Category

What NOT to do to get an Agent

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

http://theswivet.blogspot.com/2008/05/lessons-in-how-to-never-get-agent-part.htm I discovered the previous link about a week ago... at least it's felt like a week since I saved the link. For those who are interested it is a (slightly edited) letter to an agent that goes into a great deal of detail about why the prospective author is right about ...

Working Through the Concept - part II

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

previous entry -- part I Authors will tell you that finding an idea is not the hard part - rather, working through the idea is the hardest part in writing a book or story. Writing a book is a long, lonely, and arduous task. Some people have the ability to do this ...

The Concept — Cassandra West

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

After writing about exposition the other day, it occurred to me that Cassandra West is becoming a part of this blog. Sure, I write about various projects here, did some time on Alicia Grey, but at present, when I am looking for personal examples of a topic I revert to ...

Missing Updates - or the lack of attention

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Well, I am sad to announce that I have not made IOTW as high a priority in my life as I would like. This website is important to me; and yet, I put no effort into thinking about what to place on this site (entry-wise). The outcome is that I ...

Dropped the Ball

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Well, I am sure that there are people out there who think I've totally dropped the ball on this site. Sometimes I feel the same way. And I think that's a bad thing. I am actually working through thoughts on voice when it comes to writing fiction and a couple of ...