Here’s an Interesting Thought . . .


My daughter had a very cool thought last night. She said writing a story is like writing an essay: you open with your idea (this is what I am going to say), then you present example after example that relates back to the main theme, then finish by saying what you said. Okay, clearly not through infodump, but through illustration. I love it!

No words this week, but —


Ten thousand words was my final count for last weekend — plus some revision. Here are photos of everyone working their tails off at the write-off:

Okay, so I can’t find my username and password for Photobucket. My daughter set me up for several accounts and used a different username and password for each of them, and do you think I can keep them all straight? I’ll upload the pictures after I get in touch with her and get it straightened out. Here’s the rest of my post:

And, I have ideas coming out my ears. Luckily, I have a voice recorder, so I don’t lose them. However, this weekend, I helped my sister move, so no writing time. Sigh. Soon!

Susan

Off to the races


Got the plot outline done last weekend (6 pages) and sent it off to my Kensington Writers’ Group for crit, got 5 crits over the week and made some changes / clarifications and began writing the content last night. have about 3000 new words (the first scene) done – no edits.

New Science Fiction Story


I’ve been recording ideas for a couple of weeks on my voice recorder that Don gave me for my birthday last year, and today I start. Next week is the IFWA writers retreat, and I hope to get most if not all of it done by then. Oh, and I’ll be reading at the Calgary Public Library (W.R. Castell Central Branch, downtown) on October 29. Should be fun! Halloween theme, and all.