by Stephanie Morrill | Nov 14, 2011 | Characters, The Craft of Writing
A couple weeks ago, I pulled out a manuscript of mine from high school. At the time I wrote it, I felt like if I could complete the project, I would have a shot at getting it published. But the dandelion story, as I’ve been calling it on here, had problems I...
by Stephanie Morrill | Nov 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, I told you that I thought once I achieved this:Opening my author copies of Out with the In Crowd.my confidence issues would evaporate. I mean, isn’t a publishing contract one huge vote of confidence in your writing abilities? Someone – a...
by Stephanie Morrill | Nov 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Don’t forget, the current writing prompt contest is open now, so make sure you get your entries in! What a great line up of judges too! Betsy St. Amant, Fred Warren, and Melanie Dickerson, all sporting gorgeous new cover art!Below is the list of winners and...
by Stephanie Morrill | Nov 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Back when I was pre-published, I was convinced that while I didn’t have an abundance of confidence in my writing now, publication would fix that. Or maybe just having a literary agent. After all, an agent is an industry professional who reads tons and tons of...
by Stephanie Morrill | Nov 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
The combination of the time change here in America and a whirlwind trip to Chicago has me feeling a bit bleary eyed today. But I got to hang out with the beautiful, talented Jill Williamson, and that made for a great trip.This picture suggests that we did something...