I can read your mind. Oh, no, not another social media platform I have to learn. Spare me. Hold that thought while I share a few facts from the Pew Research Center. There are 500,000,000 users of Instagram (IG). That’s not five million. FIVE HUNDRED MILLION. And 300,000,000 of those are active users, meaning they…
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Ah, crud. I have to #edit all those pages too?
WARNING: THIS AUTHOR IS SUBJECT TO EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTS WHEN EDITING. Well then, how do you edit your own stuff? Here are ways I implement, but I’m always willing to learn. SWALLOW your pride. CRITIQUE GROUPS are invaluable. I pity mine. Published on OneWildWord.com, https://writetodone.com/eight-simple-tips-for-editing-your-own-work/ Carol Despeaux Fawcett, a poet for over 30 years. instructs writers…
Convention Goals
This weekend marks my second time attending and participating in COSine, a science fiction convention in Colorado Springs. Last year was also the very first time I ever sat on a panel and could not contain my inner fangirl next to Connie Willis. For context, if you go to the Wikipedia page for the Hugo…
Writing Blind … by Paul Martz
I’m a blind writer, and that baffles some people. They don’t know how I can write if I can’t see what I’m writing. How do I review my work? Do I have a homunculus to read the editor’s markup? My secret, of course, is technology. The traditionally paper-based writing industry has gone electronic. Concurrently, tech…
What we can all learn from RWA
As December was getting closer to Christmas I noticed something going on in Romance Writers of America. I watched on Twitter in horror as it got worse and worse as December dwindled into memory. I watched as many people I know resigned from that august organization in dismay. I will not go into detail about…