My roommate has this rambunctious little dog named Oliver. We don’t know what he is exactly, but he has the strength of 10 elephants and the energy of 10 children at a bounce house party. He’s a rescue and a trouble maker, but he also has a touch of the separation anxiety. Dog Shaming: “I thought it would be … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Writing & Publishing
There Will be Blood…and Brains
With Halloween, my most favorite time of the year, looming in the near future, I have decided to resurrect a short story I started nearly a year ago and get down to business with it and kick its ass into something awesome. A while back I had been looking for writing contests to enter so … Continue reading
Momma Needs a New Pair of Shoes
After reading through so many literary agencies’ submission guidelines, I have decided it is time to enter some writing contests. See, agents want to back someone with credentials. They want someone who already has something to show for their writing (i.e. an award, or publication in a lit mag or even previous novel publication) and/or … Continue reading
A Path of a Different Sort
It has been a rough week my friends. I’m blocked on my revisions of chapter one, I’m concerned about the massive wild fires keeping me from making it home this weekend to see my family and Mumford and Sons, and I’m still recovering from the sample fat-burner I took yesterday that made me feel like … Continue reading
Time to Kill
Now that I’ve gotten 8 critiques on my work, it’s time to put those puppies to use and revise my first chapter. Revising – to me – is the hardest part of the creative writing process. Here you’ve got this piece of artwork you’ve created that is pretty good, and now using the varying and … Continue reading
Spinning Jenni 