May 2013
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Natalie C Parker: The Perspective of a Dandelion →
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Question: Have you ever flinched from writing something horrible--do you ever think you've gone too far, made it too bad?
Every author on the panel: LOL, nope.
Jeri Smith-Ready: Hmm, this needs more death.
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April 2013
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Me: What do you think of this new sentence?
Tessa: *waxes on about how that sentence saps the power of the preceding paragraph and needs to be like a phoenix and die allowing a new, better sentence or five to take its place*
Me: Oh. *wilts* I meant the new sentence. *points to the one below*
Tessa: *reads* Yeah, that one works.
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The Fourteenery: #14me Contests Faves! →
fourteenery:
The winners will be announced shortly, but here are some of our favorites from our #14me contest:
#14me: that guy who pulls your hair in history class is going to turn out to be your husband when you reconnect in ten years.
— Mary Catherine (@travelswithmary)
April 12, 2013
All…
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and if i die today...: Because of the Times →
clevermanka:
thehappyfangirl:
makingfists:
It’s like this…
You’re fourteen and you’re reading Larry Niven’s “The Protector” because it’s your father’s favorite book and you like your father and you think he has good taste and the creature on the cover of the book looks interesting and you want to know what it’s about. And in it the female character does something better than the male...
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The Fourteenery: What Advice Would You Give Your... →
fourteenery:
Hey-O!
Remember when you were crazy amazing/uncool, utterly ecstatic/devastated, and completely fearless/terrified, pretty much all the time? Remember when you were 14 years old? Yeah. We do too. And we’d like to know: What advice would you give your 14-year-old-self? In fact, from…
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Supporting my significant other who is also a...
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Submitted by Tessa Gratton
Funny. Very funny. Way to go, Tessa, with the funny.
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[Crash Course] How to Crit like a Pro →
I’m still getting tweets and emails about this crash course. So, let’s do this thing. DISCLAIMER: I have never done this before. This will be an experiment. It could go swimmingly or just plain well. Either way, the first round will surely encounter bumps and hitches and I ask for your patience in advance. I’m going to run this like a mini-workshop. It’ll be off-blog and I’ll keep numbers small on...
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“Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from...”
– Hans Christian Andersen (via chelseyphilpot)
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Wanna sorta date? →
I’ve had a request to continue the ‘Let’s Talk Critique’ series with a post on behavior. I’ve got a list of quick tips on this including break-up tips and I’m happy to share them. And I will, but I’m also cooking up another crit-related idea and before I go too far down this path, I think it’s wise to gauge interest. Say I was to offer a crash course...
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Let's Talk Critique
Welcome to Let’s Talk Critique. In this post we’ll talk about “how” good crit partners do what they do. If you missed the “what,” check it out here.
There’s a lot of common wisdom out there about how a crit partner (cp) can go about critiquing without being a giant douchecanoe. This is good because there’s no certification process for learning how to crit. I’m certain my critique style is...
March 2013
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Converse
This collection by clevermanka is full of stars wearing stars.
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