Today’s therapy comes from Theodora Goss, whose writing is simply exquisite. Her first collection, In the Forest of Forgetting (2006) contains some of the most finely crafted fantasy stories you will ever have the pleasure of reading. Think Hope Mirrlees and John Crowley and Virginia Woolf and Delia Sherman — and even then you’re only…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: Letting Stubborn Stories Breathe
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On Applying for Grants: Part Three
There’s been a bit of a lull between Part Two and this final post in the ‘applying for grants’ series. Sorry about the delay – I’ve been putting my Arts SA funding to use, and have been working on the opening to The Familiar since the New Year (and, might I add, ARRRGH. I could…… Continue reading On Applying for Grants: Part Three
Tuesday Therapy: A Word to Remember
A new year has dawned, which has inevitably led to a deluge of resolutions being bandied about the internetz: this year I will write X; I will publish Y; I will conquer the publishing world… Many resolutions focus on the end result, which tends to overlook all the hard work that goes into reaching that…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: A Word to Remember
On Applying for Grants: Part Two
Being Engaging, Creative, Interesting Anyone who has worked as a teacher – in any capacity – will know how mind-numbingly boring marking papers can be. You have a few set questions and dozens and dozens and dozens of students all answering the same one or two, all in the same way, using the same phrases,…… Continue reading On Applying for Grants: Part Two
On Applying for Grants: Part One
After yesterday’s fantastic news – which still hasn’t quite sunk in, to be honest – several people mentioned that they’d like to know how I went about getting this funding. So I thought I’d do a series of blog posts on applying for grants – with a few caveats. Caveat the First: I’m no expert.…… Continue reading On Applying for Grants: Part One
Tuesday Therapy: The Nagging Call of Ambition
Today’s therapy session is brought to you by Lee Battersby, one of Angry Robot’s Open Door success stories. Context: 980 novels were submitted to Angry Robot’s “Open Door Month” back in March, and out of this lot only 3 authors were chosen for publication… and Lee was one of them. He’s signed on for two…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: The Nagging Call of Ambition
Two Kims, Two Sets of Great Advice
Kim the First: The prolific Kim Wilkins offers six excellent tips over at Ian Irvine’s website — especially handy for new novelists, but as Ian points out they are worth revisiting whether you’ve written two or twenty books… Kim the Second: And this afternoon on her website, Kim Falconer encouraged new writers to go for…… Continue reading Two Kims, Two Sets of Great Advice
Tuesday Therapy: Banishing Obsessive Demons
For the third installment of the Tuesday Therapy series, Kirstyn McDermott shares some advice that makes me think she’s worked out some magical way to SEE INSIDE MY HEAD. Seriously. (*knocks on forehead* Kirstyn? Are you in there?) I wouldn’t put it past her — the way she multi-tasks, it would come as no surprise…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: Banishing Obsessive Demons
Tuesday Therapy: Write for Yourself
This week’s Tuesday Therapy session comes to you via Karen Miller, prolific storyteller extraordinaire. By now, most of you probably already know and love Karen’s work — whether it’s her epic fantasies or her Star Wars and Stargate novels. With fifteen books published since 2005 — that’s right, I said fifteen books in roughly five…… Continue reading Tuesday Therapy: Write for Yourself
Hewing Away the Rough Walls (Or, Five Ways to Put Your Story on a Diet)
My second ‘Advice for New Writers’ post is now up over at the Shimmer blog! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about superfluous words like “very” and “really” and “extremely” — and those thoughts have transformed into a post about ways to trim the flab from our short stories. Michelangelo, that Renaissance jack-of-all-trades, is given…… Continue reading Hewing Away the Rough Walls (Or, Five Ways to Put Your Story on a Diet)
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