Whether you have a MySpace page or on LiveJournal, Blogger, Blogspot, WordPress or TypePad, many writers get pretty frustrated when bloggers put themselves out there as “writers.” Fantasy author Robin Hobb wrote about this recently in a creative rant entitled, “Vampires of the Internet. I’d like to quote you a passage from this rant. Ah, […]
Tag: Books & Stories
Writing Conference at UW-Milwaukee March 7 to 9 2008
Billed as the conference where “you CAN succeed as a writer, the Sixth Annual Spring Writer’s Festival at UW-Milwaukee offers a variety of seminars for novices to the craft. I have a vested interest in this conference because my Netconcepts work colleague, Jeff Muendel who writes for a variety of publications including CNet Searchlight and […]
MLV Writes Book Reviews (Fiction)
Monica has been a contributor to FlamesRising.com for several years. She has written a variety of news articles, essays, convention reports, licensed fiction and plenty of reviews. Some highlights of her fiction reviews are: Small Favor by Jim Butcher Ironside by Holly Black Season of the Witch by Natasha Motert Name on the Wind by […]
Freelance Writing Tip #30: Write What You’re Comfortable With
Many paranormal romances, sexy magazines, and romantic comedies delve into some pretty explicit scenes. Horror fiction can include gory details or social taboos. Religious articles require the author to have faith; and writing manuals can get pretty boring, really quick. Even if you find (or get offered) a freelance writing assignment, that doesn’t necessarily mean […]
My Day Job as a Writer
One of the common questions people ask me about, is how I can write at a day job and then come home at night and write again. During the day I typically write anywhere between 1,000 to 3,500 words. When I go home at night, I usually try to write the equivalent of a page […]