Category Archives: write every day; writers write

Writing at the Coast

Posted on October 29, 2013 by SharonJoss

I’m baaack. From a nine-day sojourn to Lincoln City for an intensive Science Fiction writing workshop, taught by award-winning author and editor, Kristine Rusch.  Wrote four shorts and a little a technique exercise that mutated into a flash fiction piece.  Read … Continue reading →

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Seven Fundamental Lessons I’ve Learned About Being a Writer (So Far)

Posted on September 14, 2013 by SharonJoss

When I first started writing, my only goal was to write a novel, get an agent, and get it published. The way I figured things then, was that I’d gotten decent grades in my English classes in school, and I’d done plenty of writing … Continue reading →

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Feel the Burn

Posted on March 28, 2012 by SharonJoss

I keep reading about writers writing about how fast they write.  Whew, that’s a mouthful.  And as much as I like the idea of writing fast, I’m afraid that my idea of fast is a paltry 1000-1500 words per day.    … Continue reading →

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Fumes as Fuel

Posted on November 6, 2011 by SharonJoss

Okay, as you can tell by the digital badge on the right side of the blog here, I’m NaNoWriMo-ing this month.  NaNoWriMo is the abbreviated term for National Novel Writing Month, a challenge for writers to write every day, with … Continue reading →

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Writers Write

Posted on March 21, 2011 by SharonJoss

I decided to put aside further edits on the Fate manuscript until I got some more specific feedback; all my edits were starting to slide together, and I found myself stressing a bit. With Fate in the hands of three … Continue reading →

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