In the Mood

"One must be pitiless about this matter of 'mood.' In a sense, the writing will create the mood...I have forced myself to begin writing when I've been utterly exhausted, when I've felt my soul as thin as a playing card, when nothing seemed worth enduring for another five minutes...and somehow the activity of writing changes everything." (Joyce Carol Oates)

The Selling Synopsis at RWA

Our workshop, The Selling Synopsis, will be available at RWA University sometime this month! Watch for it at http://www.rwanational.org/ under Member Resources!

Thought for June 28

Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very;" your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.  ~Mark Twain

Workshop Booklets

Don’t forget that workshop booklets “Plotting the Organic Way” and “Riding the Emotional Roller-Coaster” are available for purchase any time at Dancing on Coals Online Workshops.

Thought for June 26

 

"What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers."

~Logan Pearsall Smith, "All Trivia," Afterthoughts, 1931

Thought for the Day

"The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean."

Robert Louis Stevenson

Registration Open for October's Online Critique Group

We're trying something new in October -- a month-long online critique group. If it's successful, we'll do it again. Space is limited and registration is open now. Don't miss your chance to be part of the group! For more information or to register, go to http://www.dancingoncoals.com