These days it seems like every celebrity and everybody who thinks they’re a celebrity has written a book. Then, you read the fine print and see that really a ghost writer actually did all the work while the “author” babbled on about a series of unrelated experiences over a mimosa and a cigarette. Anyway, that got me … Continue reading
Tag Archives: literature
Brrrains!
I’m working on a short story that I plan to send in to at least one Literary Magazine/Writing Contest. I’m not sure what the rules are on submitting one story to multiple contests, because what if it won two different contests? I know that is incredibly unlikely, but a lot of these contests want to claim … Continue reading
Muse
“If only I’d had an enemy greater than my apathy I would have won.” – Mumford and Sons It’s no secret that the biggest roadblock standing in the way of my Path to Publication is myself. My own personal fears and doubts are like a 50 foot brick wall with razor wire at the top, … Continue reading
Parallels
Sometimes in literature we come across stories that mirror the goings on of our own lives. This of course hearkens back to the age old Art Imitating Life/Life Imitating Art debate, but that makes it no less uncanny that someone else’s writing – someone else’s fiction – seems to have been adapted right out of your … Continue reading
…That’s the Sound of My Horn Tooting…
I’ve gotten to the point in my journey towards publication where I need to start working on my proposal. My proposal will go along with my finished manuscript when I mail it off into the world, and will give editors an idea of what my story is about. You know when a book catches your … Continue reading
