by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Jul 20, 2011 | Beautiful Things, When Life Hurts
It’s going to happen. A crit partner is going to offend you. An agent is going to reject your query. A publisher is going to pass on your story. A reviewer is going to HATE what you wrote. And the nay-sayers in your life are going to shake their heads and give...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Jul 14, 2011 | The Writing Life
Why am I a writer? Why did I choose this vocation (because it’s way more than a job)?I’ve thought about this before but Robin Sullivan’s seminar on marketing and Sierra Gardner’s post really had me digging deep for the real answer, not the “right” one.I...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | May 17, 2011 | Beautiful Things, When Life Hurts
I’m going “off” posting schedule, but I needed this today. A long time ago I received the following link from a friend of mine and immediately fell in the love with the song (Freckles – Natasha Bedingfield). I hope you’ll take a moment to...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Apr 28, 2011 | The Writing Life
Drawing by Annie L Cechini, used with permission 1. Don’t write down the awesomesauce idea when it hits you. Instead, wait a week. Let it sit, simmering—you tell yourself—when in reality you’ve only succeeded in boiling the water into nothingness and scorching the...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Apr 21, 2011 | On Craft, The Writing Life
I’ve been helping a friend with revisions recently and found myself getting bogged down in the little stuff—punctuation, word placement, em dashes (crazy pet peeve of mine)! This is fine when it comes time for line edits, but when you’re looking at the grand scheme of...
