Jane Friedman’s ePublishing Class April 23 I’m all about creativity over here. I try to not to encourage you to obsess about the market and the audience and how to get published. But, when you’ve been writing for a while, it’s a logical next step. I’ve worked in and around publishing since 1998 and know [...]
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The Best Of The Web For Short Story Writers — April 14, 2013
Here are the best of the articles, quotes and links I found this week for short story tellers. Enjoy! Here’s What Makes Stories So Powerful Benton Weyi, host of Orastories (a new site dedicated to oral storytelling), writes a passionate call to arms to each of us to value our stories and tell our stories. [...]
How Was Your Writing Year?
Worksheet Alert! I have a new, free worksheet for you! Take a few minutes to look back at what you’ve done this year. Spend a little time patting yourself on the back on this new worksheet for those of us who like lists but aren’t linear thinkers…[read more]
StoryADay Sept’12 Graphics
Here are your September 2012 Participant Badges! Use them on your websites or where ever you like. (Right-click to download whichever size you like) 500 x 230 pixels 300 x 138 pixels 250 x 115 pixels 200 x 92 pixels 150 x 59 pixels
StoryADay May 2012 Registrations Are Open
It’s here: the day you’ve been waiting for. Registrations are now open! (If you have a username from a previous year, it should still work. Just sign in, above, and make yourself at home.) What is StoryADay May? It’s my challenge to you: to challenge YOURSELF to write every day, not “some day”. Write and finish [...]
Grammar Resources for Writers
Later this week I’m running a teleseminar on Editing and Revising for Short Story Writers (You can find out more by signing up here) This seminar won’t be a grammar lesson because I’ve noticed that most of the writers around here are, well, pretty good writers. But, in case you need a little help, or [...]
Short Story Contest 2011 Winners
Before we start, I just want to say that StoryADay May is about creativity and output and getting-the-words-on-the-page. It’s not about judging or being judged. But then I threw a writing contest in to the mix too. Why? To encourage everyone to go back into their new story pile and start to learn to revise [...]
Writing Contest 2011
So you’ve spent a month writing stories. Now what? Announcing: StoryADay.org’s First Writing Contest! I am thrilled to announce that Heidi Durrow, author of last year’s breakout debut novel (and NYT bestseller) The Girl Who Fell From The Sky has agreed to judge our first ever StoryADay Writing Contest. Anyone who has a StoryADay username and [...]
An Accountability Buddy: The Productive Writer’s Secret Weapon
Today’s guest post from Melissa Dinwiddie is a wonderful primer on how to use the StoryADay community to help you become more productive than you ever dreamed. Thanks, Melissa! Do you know one of the most effective things you can do to get your writing done? Make yourself accountable. I don’t know the statistics, but [...]
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