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Video: My New Writing Space

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"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. ;))

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Happy Teen Read Week!

Yesterday marked the beginning of Teen Read Week, an initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Assocation (YALSA) to raise awareness of–and celebrate!–teen reading. This year’s Teen Read Week theme is “Read Beyond Reality“–a theme that is also right up my alley! I love young adult

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No Time for Writing?

Hope Clark, founder of the Funds For Writers website/newsletters, doesn’t have much sympathy for you: I don’t care if you want to be a writer or a plumber, a doctor or a teacher. You need to establish your path and lay out benchmarks to reach those personal

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My life as a writer is returning

In the last week, my life as a writer has been coming back to me piece-by-piece, as my life as an “in transition” person starts to fall away. Today was the day that all excuses came to an end. Today was the day that I finally started writing on my

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Follow-up Friday

I kept my commitment for the second Friday in a row. Here’s what I did this time: * Submitted a query about head-hopping to Writers’ Journal; * Updated my bio for DemandStudios (who seems to take it very personally that I haven’t written for them in a while — I’ve

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Writing Website Review: Wordhustler

So, I’ve mentioned Wordhustler many times in my blog; I read all their enewses, and I adore their comprehensive market listing of agents, publishers, and contests (which they’ll soon be expanding to include listings of editorial services). But even though I’ve been a member for over a

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Writing Quote: Throw it Back

“I think, in part, writing is a way to complete my experience. It’s as if something–an episode, thought, emotion–hasn’t fully happened until I put it into words. It’s somehow not enough just to receive experience, to catch it like a baseball in a glove, so

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Are you a writer in need of funds?

Last Friday, I blogged about using Fridays to follow up on various opportunities I’ve come across that I’d like to pursue. My list of markets and contests relevant to the type of writing I do has grown in leaps and bounds thanks to FundsForWriters, a free newsletter highlighting

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Follow-up Fridays

Back before I started freelancing full-time, I had a beautiful vision of how my schedule would lay out. I had two steady clients at the time, and I decided I would devote four hours to work for each of them Monday – Thursdays. On Fridays, I’d focus on pursuing new

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Transitioning to October

Ah, October, the month that holds so much possibility. Before I moved, I remember thinking of October as this oasis — by then, my sister’s wedding would be over, and surely I’d be all settled in, and working out of my cozy little office, and producing coherent, beautiful streams

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Where I First Met God accepted for preliminary submission

I just heard from the editors of Unruly Catholic Women Writers: Volume II that my personal essay about growing up Catholic and bisexual has been selected for the anthology. They’ll be submitting it to the University of South Carolina Press and have included the disclaimer that USC may wish

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Upgraded Opportunities for Writers

I’m finally checking all my email accounts today, and in doing so I came across a couple offers to “sweeten the deal” on already exciting opportunities for writers. 1. WEBook is hosting a new feature called “AgentInaBox,” which is similar to WordHustler’s submissions feature. Essentially, you put your

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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

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The Next Big Writer?

I’ve just discovered another website for writers, The Next Big Writer. At first glance, the site seems a lot like WeBook. It’s another online community where members can post any type of writing to get feedback from other writers and readers. It holds frequent contests for (smallish) cash

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Are Moving and Writing Incompatible?

So, here it is: moving week. A fellow writer wondered how much I’d write in these moving weeks, and I took it as a bit of a challenge. However, I’ll be the first to admit that writing is not my first priority right now. Packing boxes, tying up

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Win a Professional Novel Critique

So, I’ve come to terms with the fact that my current novel won’t, in fact, be ready this year for Delacorte Press’s Young Adult Novel Contest. I didn’t expect the plot to take such a different course during the rewrite, so I feel as though over

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Getting Over a Bad Writing Day

Anyone who writes on a regular basis has had to deal with a bad writing day: those days when the words just won’t flow, when the pacing feels off, when you know where you want to go but can’t seem to get there, or when you don’t

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Writing Makes me Cry

. . . and I consider that a good thing. I’m not always the greatest at being in touch with my emotions, which usually comes back to bite me. I went for a period of about five years in my life when nothing could make me cry, no matter how sad I

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Save Ink!

Check out Ecofont, a free font that uses less ink. I just installed it on my computer, and the font has a non-distracting, plain style, like Times New Roman or Arial. It saves ink by having tiny holes in the font, but they’re not decipherable on screen or paper.

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They say to write about your obsessions . . .

Don’t mind me; just writing about women’s ordination again.

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Writers and Pets

I want to give all my readers a heads up about Maurices’ Rescues and Runways initiative. The kick-off event is this Wednesday right here at my homebase of Duluth, Minnesota, but Maurices stores throughout the country will be holding Rescues and Runways events. Along with the American Society for the

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Happy Poets Day!

So, apparently today is Poets Day. However, there are various interpretations of the word poets. But hey, there’s a blog or two out there that asserts that today is Poets Day as in, you know, the people who write poems. Either way, you can unleash your creativity this Friday

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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

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Books and Busy-ness (or Business)

Yesterday, the day I’d been waiting for all summer arrived: my local library’s annual booksale. For the first time (at my mom’s insistence), I paid $10 to get into the “pre-sale” and was there when the doors opened. The pre-sale price was defintely worth it — I’ve