Archive for June, 2013
Voice Lessons
Posted by Ron Hayes in Ron, Writer's Signature on June 27, 2013
To those of you who have ever spent time in a high school English class, I’ll lay odds that you can recognize, “Once upon a midnight dreary,” or “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.” Yes, Poe and Frost, two of America’s most anthologized and over-exemplified poets, are easily recognizable by anyone with even a […]
It’s Not the Words You Use But How You Use Them
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Writer's Signature on June 23, 2013
It’s Not the Words You Use But How You Use Them by Brad Windhauser I discovered Miles Davis when I took “The History of Rock and Roll” my freshman year (and only semester) at Cal State Northridge. We were studying the roots of rock and my professor played us Bitches Brew. He talked us through […]
Publishing News for Brad Windhauser (News)
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, News on June 21, 2013
Brad’s new story “The Diagnosis” has been published in Ray’s Road Review Summer 2013 issue. The story follows a retired widow as she wrestles with the decisions she’s made since her husband died after she receives a medical diagnosis she did not see coming. The story pulls no punches in its examination of her life. […]
Special Edition: So You Want To Write A Textbook
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Special Editions on June 18, 2013
By Jennie Jarvis I’ve been teaching a workshop entitled Crafting the Character Arc for about five years now. In this workshop, I teach a step-by-step process for creating a goal-based character arc for the protagonist and supporting characters of a narrative written in any genre. Whether my attendees were writing film, comics, novels or even […]
Who are you?
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Writer's Signature on June 12, 2013
Let’s say you’re a diverse writer. You have sci-fi novel in the works, a dark, literary short story ready to send out and the first draft of a humorous novella awaiting revision. Oh! And don’t forget the stack of flash stories you sent out just this morning. Okay, you’re incredibly prolific, too, not to mention […]
Reading the Signature
Posted by LadyLadder in Linda, Writer's Signature on June 9, 2013
It was the final exam for a graduate level philosophy course. My friend Robert had read and studied the work of major philosophers all semester. He had a solid A going into the final. The paper slid in front of him, and he started to read. It was a list of statements, and he was […]
The Importance of Branding
Posted by jarviswrites in Jennie, Writer's Signature on June 4, 2013
By Jennie Jarvis “I’m getting discouraged,” I finally broke down and confessed to my agent. It had been three months since we started submitting my first novel to publishing houses, and even though she told me that the publishing industry crawls at a glacier-like pace, I hated that I hadn’t heard back from many […]
A Change In Our 5 Writers (News)
Posted by jarviswrites in News on June 3, 2013
It is with great sadness that we have to say good-bye to one of our beloved five writers, Emilia Grant. Since her Emmy win earlier this year, her schedule has gotten – not surprisingly – much more full, and she needed to bow out of the site with grace and dignity. We all love her […]
John Taylor’s In the Pleasure Groove (review) – The Benefits of Reading Across Genre
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Reviews, Special Editions on June 2, 2013
John Taylor’s In the Pleasure Groove (review) – The Benefits of Reading Across Genre by Brad Windhauser Sometimes when you know your strengths lie in writing a particular genre (say fiction or non-fiction), you stick to that genre. I don’t know that Stephen King is readying a book of lyrical poems any time soon. David […]
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