Category Archives: SOS (resources for #BoldWriters)
More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 17 #writingprompt
WRITING PROMPT: It was not ideal. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your eyes only. Write to a natural
More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 17 #writingprompt
WRITING PROMPT: It was not ideal. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your eyes only. Write to a natural
More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Week 2, Day 16 #writingprompt
WRITING PROMPT: He didn’t think a kiss could be that bad. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your eyes
More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Week 2, Day 16 #writingprompt
WRITING PROMPT: He didn’t think a kiss could be that bad. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your eyes
More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Week 2, Day 15 #writingprompt
WRITING PROMPT: “Tell me more.” RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your eyes only. Write to a natural ending.
More Than A Guilty Pleasure, Week 2, Day 15 #writingprompt
WRITING PROMPT: “Tell me more.” RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your eyes only. Write to a natural ending.
More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 14 #writing prompt
(Yes, Week 2 is two weeks long AND has 21 days. Writer math. Ha ha.) WRITING PROMPT: No one was surprised when the couch tipped over. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your
More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 14 #writing prompt
(Yes, Week 2 is two weeks long AND has 21 days. Writer math. Ha ha.) WRITING PROMPT: No one was surprised when the couch tipped over. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your
More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 13 #writingprompt
(Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! Yes, it’s still Week 2, because we don’t have a class this week. And, before we switch to Week 3, you will have 21 days of writing prompts.So Week 2 is two weeks long AND has 21
More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 13 #writingprompt
(Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! Yes, it’s still Week 2, because we don’t have a class this week. And, before we switch to Week 3, you will have 21 days of writing prompts.So Week 2 is two weeks long AND has 21
More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 12 #writingprompt
(Yes, my week has 12 days. LOL. You know what I mean–we’re in the second week of the course, and the 12th day of the writing prompts.) WRITING PROMPT: “I don’t expect you to walk in them,” he said. RULES
More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 12 #writingprompt
(Yes, my week has 12 days. LOL. You know what I mean–we’re in the second week of the course, and the 12th day of the writing prompts.) WRITING PROMPT: “I don’t expect you to walk in them,” he said. RULES
More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 11 #writingprompt
WRITING PROMPT: RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your eyes only. Write to a natural ending. Stop. No, you
More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 11 #writingprompt
WRITING PROMPT: RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your eyes only. Write to a natural ending. Stop. No, you
More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 10 #writingprompt
WRITING PROMPT: When she opened her eyes, he would not be there. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your
More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 10 #writingprompt
WRITING PROMPT: When she opened her eyes, he would not be there. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your
More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 9 #writingprompt
WRITING PROMPT: She did not want to do her Kegel exercises. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your eyes
More Than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 9 #writingprompt
WRITING PROMPT: She did not want to do her Kegel exercises. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for your eyes
More than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 8 #writingprompt
WRITING PROMPT: He tried to convince her it was because of the moon. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for
More than A Guilty Pleasure: Week 2, Day 8 #writingprompt
WRITING PROMPT: He tried to convince her it was because of the moon. RULES (for everyone) Write–no going back, deleting or revising. WRITE FORWARD. No re-reading your work or showing it to anyone after you’ve written it. This is for
Curl my toes, Sarah Waters! #amreading The Paying Guests
Yes, three years after it’s release. Don’t judge me: I’ve been busy. OMFG. Toes curled, tongue taut, fingers trembling, and other more personal parts of me also fully engaged. Sarah. Goddess. Idol. Mentor. I touch my head to your feet,
Curl my toes, Sarah Waters! #amreading The Paying Guests
Yes, three years after it’s release. Don’t judge me: I’ve been busy. OMFG. Toes curled, tongue taut, fingers trembling, and other more personal parts of me also fully engaged. Sarah. Goddess. Idol. Mentor. I touch my head to your feet,
When Words Collide: The ‘little’ yyc reader + writer festival that could change your life
I can’t believe it’s only been one year. Wait. That’s not quite how I was going to start this. I was going to choose one of my highlight moments from When Words Collide 2017—Calgary’s amazing reader and writer con that
When Words Collide: The ‘little’ yyc reader + writer festival that could change your life
I can’t believe it’s only been one year. Wait. That’s not quite how I was going to start this. I was going to choose one of my highlight moments from When Words Collide 2017—Calgary’s amazing reader and writer con that
Diary of An RT Virgin, Day 5: Fans Gone Wild
It’s Saturday, the day RT plans to deliver a very full Teen Day Program and a FAN-tastic (get it? FAN-fastic? Ok, fine you got it right away; it took me six hours) Day Program. The conference attendance is about to
Diary of An RT Virgin, Day 5: Fans Gone Wild
It’s Saturday, the day RT plans to deliver a very full Teen Day Program and a FAN-tastic (get it? FAN-fastic? Ok, fine you got it right away; it took me six hours) Day Program. The conference attendance is about to
Diary of An RT Virgin Day 4: Fan Girl Gone Mad
Today I have two very important items on the agenda. I am pitching Molly Jones (and myself) to Sourcebooks, and I am pitching myself (and Molly Jones) to Saritza Henderson of the Corvisiero Literary Agency. To Sourcebooks, because of other
Diary of An RT Virgin Day 4: Fan Girl Gone Mad
Today I have two very important items on the agenda. I am pitching Molly Jones (and myself) to Sourcebooks, and I am pitching myself (and Molly Jones) to Saritza Henderson of the Corvisiero Literary Agency. To Sourcebooks, because of other
Diary of An RT Virgin, Day 3—Battle Fatigue
Thursday, May 4, 2017 Exhaustion does make you sleep like a rock, don’t it? I sleep, not like a baby (a metaphor created by someone who did not have an infant that woke up every 15 minutes demanding a nipple,
Diary of An RT Virgin, Day 3—Battle Fatigue
Thursday, May 4, 2017 Exhaustion does make you sleep like a rock, don’t it? I sleep, not like a baby (a metaphor created by someone who did not have an infant that woke up every 15 minutes demanding a nipple,
Life’s Dangerous Companions & Writing Days
Me: I’m alive. You: I don’t care. Me: You didn’t miss me, at all? You: No. What’s the word count? Me: Um. Well. Taking a bit of a break from making words and reading some. You: You know that’s procrastination,
Life’s Dangerous Companions & Writing Days
Me: I’m alive. You: I don’t care. Me: You didn’t miss me, at all? You: No. What’s the word count? Me: Um. Well. Taking a bit of a break from making words and reading some. You: You know that’s procrastination,
“Enchanted” love?
I am reading Eva Illouz’s Why Love Hurts ( Polity Press, 2012), a heavily researched, sociological academic polemic on the (macro-social) dysfunctions of modern love. An extended quote: “The elementary forms of “enchanted” love as a cultural prototype and a
“Enchanted” love?
I am reading Eva Illouz’s Why Love Hurts ( Polity Press, 2012), a heavily researched, sociological academic polemic on the (macro-social) dysfunctions of modern love. An extended quote: “The elementary forms of “enchanted” love as a cultural prototype and a
Resource: The Art of Slow Writing by Louise DeSalvo
I stumbled across this book last week at one of those psychologically optimal moments, you know? I think I needed someone to tell me to slow down a little. It’s a well-put together, well-researched, not-too-didactic piece that discusses various writers’
Resource: The Art of Slow Writing by Louise DeSalvo
I stumbled across this book last week at one of those psychologically optimal moments, you know? I think I needed someone to tell me to slow down a little. It’s a well-put together, well-researched, not-too-didactic piece that discusses various writers’
Resource: The Faith Of A Writer / Joyce Carol Oates
I picked up this book yesterday… It begins like this: MY FAITH AS A WRITER / Joyce Carol Oates I believe that art is the highest expression of the human spirit. I believe that we yearn to transcend the merely
Resource: The Faith Of A Writer / Joyce Carol Oates
I picked up this book yesterday… It begins like this: MY FAITH AS A WRITER / Joyce Carol Oates I believe that art is the highest expression of the human spirit. I believe that we yearn to transcend the merely
Resource: Cheryl Strayed, for EVERYTHING
First, listen to this: Cheryl Strayed on the Long Form Podcast. (click on this link, and not the picture below, because I am a Luddite.) It’s a 1:43 minute commitment. Find the time, and do it. If you need to be
Resource: Cheryl Strayed, for EVERYTHING
First, listen to this: Cheryl Strayed on the Long Form Podcast. (click on this link, and not the picture below, because I am a Luddite.) It’s a 1:43 minute commitment. Find the time, and do it. If you need to be
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