publication

A collection of 58 posts

blogging

Blogging and "platform"

In the September issue of Writer’s Digest, there’s an article by Nina Amir encouraging writers to “blog their book” — to post a blog with bite-size book content over time to develop a readership and, eventually, attract the attention of publishers. The article has a “hit two birds with

anthologies

The Book is Out!

After mentioning Hungering and Thirsting for Justice so often in passing on this blog, I’m proud to say that it’s finally available for pre-order! Books will ship on September 15. Hungering and Thirsting for Justice is a collection of ten true stories by young adult Catholics in their

anthology

Persistence = Publication

About four years ago, I wrote a personal essay about the experience of being bisexual and Catholic for a collection of stories by queer-identified Catholic women. The editor was in touch with me at the beginning of the process, but I didn’t hear much about the project as she

book promotion

Learning on the Job: Book Promotion

With our book Hungering and Thirsting for Justice due for release next month, my co-editor and I recently received some distressing news. The booksellers that usually carry presenters’ books at the national November Call to Action conference will not be setting up a table in the exhibition hall this year.

publication

One Self-Publisher Gets Its Comeuppance

Last week, my friend Jim from my writers group shared a story about a group of science fiction and fantasy writers who pulled off a hoax with self-publisher PublishAmerica.* PublishAmerica is one of those self-publishers that claims to only accept “quality” manuscripts, presumably to stroke the egos of hopeful writers

article writing

Write Like It's Work

I’ve often heard the advice that you need to treat your writing like a “real job” even before you’re published. That means you show up on time. You don’t skip days. You prioritize it over TV, or doing the dishes, or playing with the cat. To take

authors

Get it Written

While I was traveling after my wedding, New Moon Girls members were chatting with Victoria Holmes, better known as Erin Hunter (or the “main” Erin Hunter, as it were, since Erin Hunter is a pen name for a team of writers), author of the popular Warriors series for middle grade

NaPoWriMo

Back to Writing ... at Last!

After the long wedding-induced haitus, I am SO GLAD to be back to writing at last. A lot has happened in my “writing life” even though very little of it was actually writing. But hey, the writing world didn’t stop spinning because I neglected my desk. Imagine that! 1.

blogging

My First Book -- Coming Soon

Over the past year, I’ve made mention several times about an anthology of young adult Catholic voices that I’ve been working on. Last week, my co-editor and I heard back from the publisher, and this morning we confirmed that the project is a go. The book will be

editing

Writing Resolutions

It’s that time of year again … the time to make writing resolutions. I almost always make New Year’s resolutions related to my writing, and they’ve helped me grow as a writer over time. This year, I have one writing resolution: to submit something once a month. I’

authors

Book Release Party: Eye of the Wolf

Last week, I had the privilege of traveling to Duluth for Marie Zhuikov’s book release party. As she gave a presentation about the plight of the wolves on Isle Royale and how her book figured into that, I found myself flashing back to moments spent reading the manuscript on

publication

I'm Officially a Goodreads Author!

My bit of writing excitement last week — which I’ve already blasted around all the social media to which I belong — was being accepted into Goodreads Author program. I’ve been a member of Goodreads for over three years now, and recently I was looking at the collection of science

blogging

Why I Write: Because I'm Not Always Brave

Last night, I posted Ask Any Scientist! to Young Adult Catholics. The post argues against using “science” as a justification of homophobia. I knew as I was conceiving of, writing, and publishing the post that I was more likely to get flamed for it than to get support, as the

editing

Up to My Eyeballs

My status over at gmail, which is where I keep my “freelance/writing” account, claims that I’m “up to my eyeballs in writing projects.” And the end of the year certainly is a busy time for writers, but now that we’re on the last day of November, I’

blogging

Poem #15, Writers Group, and a Meeting w/ a Publisher

Cats for a Day Every morning I used to ask my cat, “Why don’t we switch things up a bit? This time, you go to work, and I lay around all day.” She blinked, chirped, walked away. I grumbled about how some people just don’t pull their own

NaNoWriMo

I Have a Plan!

So, I’ve made my decision: I’m not going to do NaNoWriMo this year. I don’t want to abandon my revisions of ETD when I have good momentum going, especially since I want to have it ready to submit to Delacorte Press’s Young Adult Novel contest, which

anniversaries

Happy Anniversary, LL Word

Well, today is the exact one-year anniversary of this blog; I began it on November 3, 2008. At that time, I was only a few days into my life as a full-time freelancer, full of questions and fear and enthusiasm. That first month, I definitely bit off a little more

book reviews

"The Man in the Mirror" deemed "creepy."

I got my first review from someone I don’t know of my Queer Dimensions short story, “The Man in the Mirror,” and luckily, it was a favorable review. You can read it here. (And yes, when you’re going for dystopia, “creepy” is high praise indeed. ;))

book release

Queer Dimensions On Sale Now!

You know things are crazy busy when I don’t even have time to post about the release of Queer Dimensions, the venue that published my first fiction story, “The Man the Mirror.” The ebook has been available since September 8 (discount code MN24S  expires at midnight!), and the paperback

editing

Learn to Abandon Your Writing

This post is not as defeatist as the title may make it seem. Recently, I’ve been thinking about Leonardo da Vinci’s quote that, “Art is never finished, only abandoned.” Without publishing anything, I’ve never had to truly abandon my work before. Sure, I’ve let some of

publication

Man in the Mirror Galley

I love PDF files. Today I got the galley for my QueeredFiction short story, “The Man in the Mirror.” It’s exciting to see what it’s going to look like published. The file is still confidential, so I unfortunately can’t show it off . . . yet. 😉

blurb writing

The Joy of a Good Edit

Yesterday, I received my edits of “The Man in the Mirror” from QueeredFiction. I was a bit nervous to open the document. Although I’ve been heavily edited when I’ve written something “on-the-job,” this is the first time my fiction has been edited for publication. But as someone who

call for submissions

Put Those Poems to Good Use

I just entered three of my poems from National Poetry Writing Month into WEbook‘s poetry contest. WEbook calls themselves the “American Idol” of creative writing. Essentially, it’s a vast web community of writers and readers who write, upload, read, and critique the user-generated content on the site. From

blogging

On Catholic Conscience

Today was my blogging day over at the Young Adults Catholic blog, where I tackled one of my favorite topics: Conscience and Catholicism. In other Catholic-related news, it looks like my essay about being bisexual and Catholic will be appearing in the “Lesbian” Catholic anthology. If it finds a publisher,

fiction

First Fiction Sell

In my email box this morning: “Hi Lacey, I’m pleased to inform you that your submission, ‘The Man in the Mirror‘ has been accepted for publication in Queer Dimensions.” And I am very pleased to be informed of that! As far as my New Year’s Resolution goes: 2