Writers workshop game!

I am seeking information from those of you who have attended workshops, or conferences. This will be valuable information for those of us who have not.  I have also posted this on Writers Retreat.

Okay, it’s like the old game – I went on a picnic and took…  You do not have to list everything the last person took, just what you took.

For this game list what you took to a children’s writers’ workshop and what you wished you would have taken. (Things you forgot, or did not know to take until you were there.)

Sounds like fun.

Something like this.

I went to a workshop and took: My laptop, note pads, and 1 article MS.  I wish I would have taken other manuscripts and a synopsis of my WIP book.

Thanks all.

What gives?

I think I have posted before about what we have to give up in daily life in order to have time to write. Since our busy season is upon us at the shop, I have less time for all the fun internet stuff that goes with my writing. Stuff like blogging, and FB.  I have even slowed down on my favorite board, the Writer's Retreat.

Just wanted you all to know, I am still around, still writing, and still pop in all those fun places from time to time, but come and go quickly and quietly.

Carry on. Have fun.

Don't forget to backup, again.

Backup!

Just reminding everyone to BACK UP YOUR WORK again!

E Reader!

Okay, I took the plunge and got a Kindle!  It is one of the cheaper ones, the Kindle Touch. Also got a great free short story from Amazon, The Imaginary Friend By Kelly Hashway.

I really didn't think I would like them.  My son brought one with him when he came home over Easter and got me interested.  I still love real books, but, I can't put this thing down.  It even does text to speech!  It's  not good for fiction, too computer sounding, but for text books and some of the free books on writing books from Amazon, it's pretty neat while doing dishes or other tasks around the house.  It does have an earphone jack.  Amazon has a ton of free books too! 

Along with our local library having downloadable audio books through the R.E.A.D.S. program, they also have Kindle books you can check out.  This is so neat!!!

So,  moving into the 'E-Age' is kinda neat.  (does the term 'E-Age' exist, or have I named an era?)

Still here

Wow! It's not march anymore.  Today is not Monday.  Wow.  Time flew.  I'll get back in the groove as soon as I can.

Have you ever been 'too bogged to blog?'

Ticking Time.

"Due to the fact that Monday comes on Tuesday this Wednesday my weekly Thursday blog will be on Friday this Saturday since Sunday is a holiday."


That's how my week is going.  Running late all week.  This is from a skit I saw Red Skeleton, one of my favorite TV comedians, do.  Of course he didn't have a blog, he was talking about a meeting.  I actually got to meet him in downtown Gatlinburg on April 3, 1980 I believe it was.


Any Way.  When you are running out of time, do you blog, even if you have nothing to say, or skip it?


I guess I post something just to stay active.  How 'bout you?

Busy times!

Spring is here. This means creating inventory for the shop and art shows. It also means KEEP WRITING.  That's what late nights and early mornings are made for.

I am still working on my novel.  By the way I won a free first chapter edit from - DearEditor.com.

I did complete my ICL course.
    Here is something one of the instructors said about my 10B.  I am kinda proud of it.  She is talking about Rodney, one of my characters.
      

“. . . In middle grade and YA fiction, character voice is THE most important thing a writer has to do. You’ve got to nail this, because readers can spot falsity in a heartbeat—and there’s nothing an adolescent disdains more than an adult trying to talk down to them. That’s what some manuscripts I see do: I can hear the adult writer in every word. In writing for middle graders and teens, one should never hear the author. In fact, it’s best if you can convince readers that you, the author, don’t exist; that the character himself is writing the story. Using first person is one way to do that, but it also has to do with the way you use language, and the insights and perceptions you give a character. You nailed all those with Rodney. . . 

“. . .Rodney’s voice reminds me of  Gantos, and that’s saying a lot.” 

                           

                                                        Nancy Butts

She was speaking about Jack Gantos.

I am also working on some pieces for Highlights.

I'm having a blast even though I haven't been bloggin' a lot lately.  I'll get back into it and visit you all.

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