Starlog

  • Write A Story with me! Installment #4

    Write a Story with Me! Is off and running. If you missed out on all the hoopla last week, there is a list of links below so you can catch up.  This week  Elin Gregory  really mixes it up with some unexpected elements, and a brand new plot line. Now It’s Eileen’s turn to figure out… Read more

  • Road to Publication #9: Publisher responds to my “Re-edits”

    Well, overall they liked the changes.  Yay!  There were four things they felt strongly about. #1 They thought an eleven year old girl would not say “You’re a jerk”.  They wanted to change it to “You’re mean”.  Okay, I guess that’s all right.  It’s not as funny, but I’ll go with it.  At least they… Read more

  • Six Sentence Sunday 7-22-12

    Today, for Six Sentence Sunday, I am featuring six from a novelette I just finished.  This was a weird one for me, because it was a Western.  I’ll explain why I read it when I review it on Thursday. These sentences are from “Mended Hearts” by Olivia Devereaux The main character, Ella, is telling her… Read more

  • Bloggers Beware: You CAN Get Sued For Using Pics on Your Blog

    I don’t normally “reblog” stuff.  I like to write my own material… and usually my opinions differ from the orignal writer’s, so I need to write my own stuff anyway. However, in this case, I think this post is powerful enough, and well-written enough that it can stand on its own.  If you blog, and you… Read more

  • Jon Gibbs’s Ten things I wish I knew before I was published #2: It Ain’t Easy, Baby

    You will not get published by accident.  You need to go to workshops, and send your stuff out.  No one will accidentally read your manuscript. Now, I need to admit that I have a friend who posted an excerpt from her novel on her blog, and a publisher happened upon it.  He asked her to… Read more

  • Write a Story with Me – Installment #1 By Jennifer M. Eaton

    OMIGOSH!  I set my story free, and before I knew it, it had a life of its own shooting through the internet and I hadn’t even “officially” posted my first installment! So, to avoid any confusion, I am posting installment #1 early.  at the end, you will find a link to Jenny Keller Ford’s page… Read more