Convention Tip #4 – Go To Opening Ceremonies
AKA So That's What They Look Like
Depending on the convention, opening ceremonies can be short (less than half an hour), long (over 2 hours), and may or may not contain belly-dancing.
October, 2009
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6 Daily Goals
AKA Next Day To Do List
I’m open to ideas about how to manage my time because I want to accomplish more in the 24 hours a day I have been given. My personal coach taught me about creating a 6 Daily Goals list each evening.
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How to Revise Your Novel
AKA Here we go again
You’ve finished your novel and 80,000+ words sit before you. After you’ve done the happy dance, after your mom has said it’s a wonderful book, after you’ve winced because your critique group put their fingers on the holes you knew about but hoped they wouldn’t notice, it’s time to edit.
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How to Respond to a Bad Review
AKA Consider the Source
Once you are published, and your shiny new book is out there for all the world to read, not everyone in the world will love it. Some will, and some won’t. Hopefully the people that do will tell you via positive reviews. Those that don’t will definitely tell you with negative reviews.
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Convention Tip #1 – Pick One & Go To It
AKA Decision Time
If there are more than a few people interested in something, there is a convention for it. Since “writing” spans the breadth of many interests, there is often someone or something related to writing at a convention.
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What If You Miss A Deadline?
AKA Oops
This post is personally appropriate in that I missed my deadline for last Thursday’s WritShel post. There are reasons and there are excuses and there are consequences.
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How To Unblock Writer’s Block
AKA Step Away From the Computer
I don’t remember when I first heard of the dread condition of “writer’s block” but it may have been as early as junior high, when I first seriously considered becoming a writer. Thus it became part of my reality, the same way Jeep Wrangler’s only had two doors was part of my reality.
