Category Archives: WRITING

How many times can you list, relist, research, organize, alphabetize, change, realign, add to, delete from, change font on, re-research a list of possible places to submit? And then, how long can you keep editing a cover letter? And play … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I see the passage of time, effects of weather, in the layer of snow that glaciers off the slightly tilted picnic table.  The sun is warm this time of year.  A season that has left its mark is changed by … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Neha’s comment below was "at least you have time to read."  Well, yeah, the reading is all required.  It’s just a bombardment of published short stories used for the Creative Writing class, the students’ work, and submissions for the writers … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I have been reading nothing but short stories lately, and while I’ve always enjoyed them, my normal reading habits were full length novels or books.  That’s probably why, aside from non-fiction written for specific purposes or story-like non-fiction, my first … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Early morning quiet, just the hum of the refrigerator, occasional protesting of radiator pipes.  And the constant white noise of the laptop, barely heard, forgiven like the snoring of a lover. Him and I, discussing in the lamplight where we’ll … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Had to stop and think a moment what category this post would fall under, and decided that yes, even though it’s no longer the only method, printing is still a very large part of writing. When I first started Spinning, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Have never really had to do this before; sit down and write something creative without a thought in mind but with a deadline about two weeks away.  That’s enough to sweep the dust of fantasy quickly from the brain and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Aw, history’s not so bad.  I can turn in a 10-page paper for a required 8-page essay exam and not be told to compress it. Maybe essays are the way to go… Continue reading →

Well, so it finally snowed on History class night! While I’m in essay mode, I’m finishing up my Western Civ exam and may start in on the book analysis of Voltaire’s Candide.  Might also do some of the short story … Continue reading → Continue reading →

As I’ve said here before, I’m a huge fan of workshopping.  Sometimes however, it produces feedback that is unexpected and confusing.  Everything said is legitimate.  But the problem then is to weigh everything and consider what counts and what doesn’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

After tonight, I think the only writing I feel like doing right now is essay style. Which is good because I have an 8-pager due for Western Civ tomorrow night.  Maybe it’ll be a good break for me from the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Interesting spin here, as well as frustrating, on the selling of creative work via a professional yet creative cover letter.  Sort of like sticking a spark into a woodpile.  Combining two voices, or, if possible, mediating the creative one into … Continue reading → Continue reading →

While stumbling through the process of writing a decent submission letter, I happened upon this website that is run by two contributors who evidently are on the receiving end of query letters.  Interesting.  Check it out. Continue reading →

White morning, silent as black night.  Pierced by red cardinal sound. White mourning, silent black knight.  Pierced by red cardinal blood. Black morning, crying of white bombs of night. Black mourning, crying of white blades of knight. Continue reading →

Truly, submission in its most humbling of meanings.  Kicked creativity out of first place for a few moments to hunker down with the more serious business of the cover letter in submitting a couple of stories to more than a … Continue reading → Continue reading →