Check out Chuck Suddeth’s site for info on sponsors and judges of the Green River Writers 2016 Contest.
Category: Creative Writing
CHECK OUT MY BEGINNER’S INDESIGN CHEAT SHEET!
Check out the latest in my series! I’m telling everyone what I learned formatting my own POD interior for King of the Roses. InDesign doesn’t have to send you into a tailspin. You CAN do this yourself.
LATEST AT COLLEGE COMPOSITION WEEKLY: Fanfiction as a “Gift Economy.”
In the June 2016 Computers and Composition, Brittany Kelley analyzes the Ashwinder archive in the Sycophant Hex Harry Potter fanfiction site to posit that such sites function as “gift economies” rather than as “commodity cultures.”
VICTORY! I CAN format my book!
I’ve held my book in my hand, and it looks great! Check out my Guide to using InDesign to see how I did it. Turns out it wasn’t that hard!
KING OF THE ROSES: PRINT EDITION AVAILABLE AT AMAZON!
I’m thrilled with the print edition of my previously published novel, NOW AVAILABLE AT AMAZON!.
BE SURE TO BUY THIS PRINT EDITION—I’ve edited it, and it’s the one that will count toward my Amazon sales.
Check out a sample chapter in “Books.”
From March College English: “Tandem” Creative-Writing and Composition Courses
Matt Sumpter argues that creative writing and composition differ enough that they should remain separate courses but that they offer enough individual value that both belong in a first-year curriculum.
AT JUST CAN’T HELP WRITING: Use Parallel Structure in Writing for Voice and Style
Check out these ideas and examples for building rhythm and coherence in your writing
through the use of parallel structure to add detail.
AT COLLEGE COMPOSITION WEEKLY: Is Creative Writing an Academic Discipline?
Check out Trent Hergenrader’s claims in the new Journal of Creative Writing Studies that creative writing needs to be more proactive if its practitioners want to thrive in the academy.
NEW AT JUST CAN’T HELP WRITING: Overbudget on “To be”? Use “Absolutes”
Use “absolutes” to cut back on “to be” verbs
in progressive tenses, and build your voice as well.
AT JUST CAN’T HELP WRITING: BUILD YOUR NOVEL’S WORLD!
SciFi and Fantasy writers talk about building worlds. But world-building can make the difference between a place we can take or leave or a place we just can’t tear ourselves away from.
