Happy 4th Birthday to Us!

On March 20th, Write Anything turned FOUR YEARS OLD!!

(And I totally missed it! Sorry about that!)

Happy birthday, Write Anything! Here’s to many, many, MANY more years!

And as always, a HUGE THANK YOU to the Write Anything writers without whom this blog would not exist:

Paul Anderson (First post: November 11, 2007 – Truth is Often Duller Than Fiction)
Paul’s Articles

Jodi Cleghorn (First post: February 9, 2009 – Prompting Ideas)
Jodi’s Articles

Dale Challener Roe (First post: March 21, 2006 – The Muse)
Dale’s Articles

Annie Evett (First post: February 19, 2009 – Professional or Amateur Writer?)
Annie’s Articles

Andrea Allison (First Post: May 15, 2006 – Goals, Goals, & More Goals)
Andrea’s Articles

Here’s a handy drop-down menu of ALL of our posts over the past four years.

-- I Resolve to Follow the New Write Anything! We have moved! Post Scriptum – June 2011 Just Add Beer Collaboration Hell is not other writers Spoken Sunday #21 A Connection is Made [Fiction] Friday Challenge #213 Suspension Suspense Opinions, Choices and a Spark of Magic Connecting with the Inner Self No Writer is an Island Spoken Sunday #20 This Writer’s Fire [Fiction] Friday Challenge #212 Collaborative Writing? Getting fired never felt so good New Site Details The NPC’s lament We’re moving! Beta Readers–A Writer’s Secret Weapon Spoken Sunday #19 What is my writing worth? [Fiction] Friday Challenge #211 Poetic Collaboration This is the Captain Speaking Writers Need a Web Presence. Here’s What That Means Let’s Get Together… Spoken Sunday #18 To Connect And Collaborate Is To Live And Grow [Fiction] Friday Challenge #210 More Than The Sum Of Its Parts Praecedo – June 2011 Post Scriptum – May 2011 Ginger Clayton – On writing Spoken Sunday #17 The Call of the Wild: Fiction Writing [Fiction] Friday Challenge #209 “Everything is a Remix” Five Things that Tell You Who Your Characters Are Creating Characters – The Historical Route He was a man of good character Spoken Sunday #16 Character conundrum… [Fiction] Friday Challenge #208 Write The Fight Right Running Mind Movies to Bring Life to Your Characters Who Are The People in Your Neighborhood STAR DANCING – Cosmos’ Last Tango Spoken Sunday #15 Inconsistencies [Fiction] Friday Challenge #207 Sadistic pigs Writing Beautiful and Unique Snowflakes I don’t know where they come from… “Abby… someone.” Spoken Sunday #14 Player of Games [Fiction] Friday Challenge #206 Rob’s Laws of Characters Creating Characters in Poetry Passionate Writing 35 Weird Traits Your Characters May Have Praecedo – May 2011 Spoken Sunday #13 Post Scriptum – April 2011 [Fiction] Friday Challenge #205 Introducing Emma Newman Hello, World! This is Emma A writer I am Introducing Sarah Spoken Sunday #12 Balancing the Budget [Fiction] Friday Challenge #204 10 if writing = “Y” then goto 20 God interviews Tony Noland: “Are you writing or not?” Writing through the crap A day with Jim… Spoken Sunday #11 The Writer’s Life? Only You Know [Fiction] Friday Challenge #203 Book Contest Winners! This Writer’s Life Who has time for writing? Misunderstood The imperfect writer’s life Spoken Sunday Submission #10 On the Writing Life [Fiction] Friday Challenge #202 Talk the talk…and walk the walk I am Dungeon Master David Baboulene book giveaway Book Review: The Story Book Subtext: The Most Critical Tool in the Story-Teller’s Box Using Everything Spoken Sunday Submission #9 The REAL Editorial – April 2011 Cease and Desist – 1 April 2011 [Fiction] Friday Challenge #201 Post Scriptum – March 2011 An unusual writing workshop Writing Inspired By Experience Happy Birthday to Mario Vargas Llosa Spoken Sunday Submission #8 How to Write Horror [Fiction] Friday Challenge #200 Dealing with Agents and Publishers An appeal for writers! It Started With A Hiss Brewing up Inspiration Spoken Sunday Submission #7 Inspiration… [Fiction] Friday Challenge #199 I wish I could say it as well as Rosa did! Putting the sting in the story Will Swear For Food Hercule Poirot Never Shoveled Snow Spoken Sunday Submission #6 Saturate your life with Creativity [Fiction] Friday Challenge #198 Senses and Feelings I love Words Nanos Gigantium Humeris Insidentes Pursuing the Muse Spoken Sunday Submission #5 Lead you through my inspiration [fiction] Friday Challenge #197 The One Percent Inspiration and Influence Editorial – March 2011 Post Scriptum – February 2011 Rus VanWestervelt and Authentic Writing Spoken Sunday Submission #4 Truth is also more horrifying than fiction Introduction: Paul Servini [Fiction] Friday Challenge #196 Introducing Icy… A trouble shared….. Denise Haggerty: 21 Things The Secret Origin of … This is the Story of Who I Am Spoken Sunday Submission #3 Tony Noland: “Self-introduction” [Fiction] Friday Challenge #195 Did I Mention I Like Coffee? Who the H*** is Jacqui Murray and Why’s She in my Inbox? Time To Introduce Myself The First Steps Introduction: Jim Bronyaur Spoken Sunday Submission #2 Introduction: Tiel Aisha Ansari [Fiction] Friday Challenge #194 A New Direction Annie Evett, Thaumaturg, Purveyor of fine words, Weaver of tales. Redux Introducing… Spoken Sunday Submission #1 Write Anything – Our Vision [Fiction] Friday Challenge #193 The art of writing – and getting published – an interview with Harry Bingham Asking for the right feedback I guess that makes me a author, right? Constructive criticism: can we do without it? Guests in the House. [Fiction] Friday Challenge #192 Proofreading – the Perfect Profession for a Pendant Seven Tips for Submitting Research to support your writing The Art of A Short Story Why did I get rejected? [Fiction] Friday Challenge #191 Reading like a Writer An essay on an essay Location, Location, Location Rule #1. You must write. Transitions Ahead [Fiction] Friday Challenge #190 Why be a Guest Writer? Writers, Readers, Queensland needs your help [Fiction] Friday Challenge #189 Literary Jokes Back on into it folks Favourite Posts – The Lonely Life of a Writer Favourite Posts: Writing Forums [Fiction] Friday Challenge #188 Basics 101: How to Write a Short Story [Fiction] Friday Challenge #187 Favourite posts: Villain Stereotypes Favourite posts: Apollonian and Dionysian Themes [Fiction] Friday Challenge #186 Favourite posts: My Cliché of Choice Favourite posts: Debugging Dialogue Favourite posts: Seeking the “Twist” for your short story Favourite posts: Defining the Role of an Editor Favourite posts: Extending Your Vocabulary Favourite posts: Writing Sex Scenes Favourite posts: Fighting Windmills [Fiction] Friday Challenge #185 Favourite posts: Time Off For Good Behavior Favourite posts: Method writing? Favourite posts: The Absorption Theory of Word Particles Favourite posts: C’est magnifique mais ce ne fait pas l’affaire 10 Tips for Using Mercury Retrograde Favourite posts: When both your page and mind are blank Suggest prompts for our [Fiction] Friday Challenge [Fiction] Friday Challenge #184 A Great Journey So Long, Farewell! Quo Vadimus? Selamat Tinggal Ae Fond Farewell [Fiction] Friday Challenge #183 Basics 101 : Character Creation Distraction Free Writing Milestones The Thrill of Paper Et Dona Ferentes [Fiction] Friday Challenge #182 Death of a Short Story Keep the Passion to Write Keep the writing flow going Morphing: from coal to diamond? Circles [Fiction] Friday Challenge #181 Approaching the Halfway Point Complete and Compete Procrastinator? Me? Following in the Foot Steps… Beginnings [Fiction] Friday Challenge #180 Website Aids – NaNo Edition Have a Healthy NaNoWriMo A Funny Thing Happened… Rules for the Road in November One day more… NaNoWriMo Workshop – Your Turn [Fiction] Friday Challenge #179 NaNoWrimo Workshop – Constructing Scenes NaNoWriMo Workshop – Plot NaNoWriMo Workshop – Point of View NaNoWriMo Workshop – Character NaNoWriMo Workshop – Setting It Up NaNoWriMo Workshop – Find, and Flush Out, an Idea [Fiction] Friday Challenge #178 What’s Your Nano? On the way to the Final Draft – Self Editing #5 No, No, NaNo Nano, Nano, It’s Off To Write I Go A last supper [Fiction] Friday Challenge #177 The Environment The Hall of Shame- Self Editing Tips 4# Side Effects Thinking as Writing Busy day! [Fiction] Friday Challenge #176 Strong Dialogue Saying No to NANO Rediscovering Reading 9 Ways to Prepare for the National Novel Writing Month The loneliness of writing becomes a little lonelier [Fiction] Friday #175 The Frenzy Begins Tomorrow Self Editing Tips – 3# – Write to be Right Gearing Up Beyond the Technology The march of progress [Fiction] Friday #174 Website Aids Lashings of Pop The Write Group Beyond Jock Rot and Millenium Blue Glitter Updates, requests and a spot of advice [Fiction] Friday #173 Horror Writing Tips Habits – those that help, those that hinder Free Software Writing Exercise: Switching Points of View Brother, can you spare a dime? [Fiction] Friday #172 The Bottleneck Effect Self Editing Tips – 2# – Bin “then”.. and other words Pakistan Needs Your Help Newbie in GeekLand Historical fact or fiction? [Fiction] Friday #171 What to do Next? Self Editing Tips – 1# – Turf the Non Descript. A Little Random Creativity Use Your Voice Dooya [Fiction] Friday #170 The Lull Moments The Fear Surrounding Writing Routines and Ruts How I Write Historical Fiction Accomplished [Fiction] Friday #169 The Dark Side of Writing Writing to meet your Needs An Empty Well Navigating the White Space Below Guest post – Sisterectomy [Fiction] Friday #168 Word Exercise Byron Bay Writers Festival – a wrap up More Detail, Please Peripheral Vision Take care of your verbs, and they’ll take care of you [Fiction] Friday #167 Point of View The Trouble with Dialogue – Part 4 The Antidote to Wannabe’s Apathy and Laze Diary of An Apathetic Wannabe Writing on the right [Fiction] Friday #166 Do You Read Reviews? The Trouble with Dialogue – Part 3 What is Too Much Detail? Knowing Your Process: Where What would you do, if not this? [Fiction] Friday #165 72 Days Building a Writers Portfolio Short Recommendations Write Anything—eMergent Publishing audioBoo: 10 Line Writing Exercise A flood of dark memories [Fiction] Friday #164 Alternate History The Trouble with Dialogue – Part 2 Don’t Look Directly at the Sun Permission Not to Write These are a few… [Fiction] Friday #163 One Space Rule The Trouble with Dialogue – Part 1 Therapeutic Pages Knowing Your Process – How Inspiration through horology [Fiction] Friday #162 A Perfect Day The Fascination with Edward Audio Boo For Writers Naming Rights Welcome to my office I Gotta a Feeling … I Can Write a Really Good Book [Fiction] Friday #161 Your Beginning Learn from your Rejection Letters This is What Those Little Notebooks are For Knowing Your Process: What Newton’s first law of writing… [Fiction] Friday #160 Reading Too Much Eight Ways to Help You Carve Out Your Story Old Ideas Knowing Your Process: Who Tabloid speak [Fiction] Friday #159 Survival Horror The Odds Against Science Fiction Why You Need to Know Why You Write Greg McQueen on 100 Stories for Haiti The write career for you [Fiction] Friday #158 Worse Books Ever Deadline to meet? Go clean that oven…. 22: ABL 21 Tips for Writers of All Ilks Lost, found [Fiction] Friday #157 Website Fashion Show Trouble opening your story? Mornings, Journaling and Channeling Express Theatre I held the future in my hand! [Fiction] Friday #156 In Total Darkness Stuck for a word? Something Old, Something New Better with Beta In praise of the woman [Fiction] Friday #155 Fear and Writing The Harshest Critic Beta Who? Taking stock [Fiction] Friday #154 Reading is Believing Do we all have a story? Simple Truths With A Little Help From My Friends An expensive hobby [Fiction] Friday #153 Reads Like Murder in Honolulu Review What’s better? Genre or Literary Fiction? Excuses, Excuses Make Writing A Priority Political writing [Fiction] Friday #152 Some Fears Don’t Go Away What is Genre Fiction? A New Set of Rules Editing Characters Genre tattoo [Fiction] Friday #151 Finding the Right Market What is Literary Fiction? 10 Writing Tips for Using Mercury Retrograde Energy Digging for Perspective Proper nouns, improper Scrabble [Fiction] Friday #150 END WITH A BANG. Twitter Hashtags For Writers One Day at a Time Writing music Gardening Happy 4th Birthday to Us! [Fiction] Friday #149 Print vs. Ebook The Lonely Life of a Writer Take Back Your Poems What is Copy Editing? The mythic life of the writer [Fiction] Friday #148 Just Say No to Being Rude Scrap box inspiration for characters Five Photography Hints to help your Writing The Sledgehammer and The Inner Critic The short story is dead (again) [Fiction] Friday #147 The Power of the Redraft or Rewriting A gripe with grammar Lillith and the Devil What is Structural Editing Knowing when to let things go Creative Carnival: March 2010 [Fiction] Friday #146 Laptop Qualifications Tools of the Writing Trade Taking editing on the chin Inspirational Female Authors Interesting Times Talk to Me #4 [Fiction] Friday #145 National Grammar Day Stanislavskis method within Writing Mercury – the writer’s patron symbol Interior Monologues in Writing We don’t need no stinking rules Ask and Answer #7 [Fiction] Friday #144 The Clicks Seeds of Writing Five Keys to Write… and Keep Writing In the Beginning… Copyright and cameo Learning New Words #2 [Fiction] Friday #143 Book Review – Thripz By: Robert Farley Etymology – the origins of words Other Art Jodi’s Anti-Resolutions for the ’10 Creative Year Roses and poems Creative Carnival: February 2010 [Fiction] Friday #142 Editing Woes Kiss and Tell – How to Write a Kissing Scene. Headache, Heartache – Tips in Writing Romance A Short Story a Day for a Year On First Looking into Keats’ Poems On Your Nightstand #5 [Fiction] Friday #141 Horror Plot Cliches Heart Wrenching Moments – bringing life into your story. Hiding Behind Your Words Professional Development for Writers: 10 Simple Ideas Raw What’s Your Writing Excuse Today [Fiction] Friday #140 Bookplates In defence of the Internet Here There Be Monsters A Week Without Internet Lizards in literature Be Careful How You Treat Writers. 😉 [Fiction] Friday #139 Three Word Game Part III Writing Forums Unlocking Stories The Lure of the Page Shades and tones [Fiction] Friday #138 Author Interview – Lance Lee Noel Sketching with Words, Writing with Pictures Touch Magic The Price of Pleasure The year of “e” Creative Carnival: January 2010 [Fiction] Friday #137 Has Your Year Started Right? Writers, a breed apart Eyeball to eyeball (with tooth-sucking….) The Promises to Keep Top 3 in 2009 Frustrating artist [Fiction] Friday #136 Last Day of 2009 Annies Anti – Resolutions for the New Year My 2010 Anti-Resolutions A New Way of Thinking New Unspiration Saturday Question [Fiction] Friday #135 Ho-Hum X-mas Christmas… My style Something I Lack Rum Balls and The Box This is my tradition, tell me yours Saturday Question [Fiction] Friday #134 A Mother’s Point of View Dark Side of the Moon? Writer(s) in the House Reality Bites… but Not Too Hard An interview with Mrs Sunday Writer Creative Carnival: December 2009 [Fiction] Friday #133 Gifts to Tickle the Funny Bone All I want for Christmas Gifts for the Luddite 5 Tithing Ideas for the Writer in Your Life No time like the presents… Quote of the Week [Fiction] Friday #132 Momentum Writer Use Everything What No NaNoWriMo Taught Me This is the End A fond farewell to November [Fiction] Friday #131 Give Thanks Why Science Fiction is Important. Checking In The Summer Reading Guide Confessions of a literary fraud Creative Carnival: November 2009 [Fiction] Friday #130 Sinister Tales Why Date or Marry a Writer? Support Your Local Writer Writing in Music A Nano widow writes [Fiction] Friday #129 Vocabulary for Charity Why Write during NaNoWriMo? I Am A Literary Illiterate That That Don’t panic [Fiction] Friday #128 What’s Your Nano? Maintaining a Healthy NaNoWriMo disposition. Fool Yourself: Aim High Thinking as Writing A pleasing terror Novel Writing 101 [Fiction] Friday #127 Essay Mania Guest writing 21 or Bust The 21 Days of NaNoWriMo A goal, not a win NaNoWriMo Workshop – Your Turn NaNoWrimo Workshop – Constructing Scenes NaNoWriMo Workshop – Plot NaNoWriMo Workshop – Point of View NaNoWriMo Workshop – Character NaNoWriMo Workshop – Setting It Up NaNoWriMo Workshop – Find, and Flush Out, an Idea [Fiction] Friday #126 Holiday Season Free Resources for Writers NoNo NaNoWriMo 9 Ways to Prepare for NaNoWriMo Indelible ink Creative Carnival: October 2009 [Fiction] Friday #125 Website Aids – NaNo Edition Nature Writing Whats in a Name? Counting the Words The right rites of writing Upcoming NaNoWriMo Workshops [Fiction] Friday #124 Walking the Path Twitter for Writers Books are Outdated Time Out Hard graft [Fiction] Friday #123 Print or Cursive Defining the Role of an Editor Debugging Dialogue To Read or Not to Read Homecoming Writing a Series [Fiction] Friday #122 Reflections Defining the role of a Manuscript Assessor What’s the Symbol for Sour Grapes? Story Behind the Story Redux Ephemera Creative Carnival: September 2009 [Fiction] Friday #121 How Do You Edit? The Writing of Grief Reloading The Story Behind the Story Take Five Picture Fiction: Despair [Fiction] Friday #120 Your Website The Basic “How to Write a Short Story” Post Writing with Hi- AND Low-Tech What’s In Your Bag Longhand Picture Fiction: Caught [Fiction] Friday #119 Narrowing It Down Observational Writing Genrefication Critiquing: Agreeing to Disagree Words of advice Picture Fiction: Fear of Water [Fiction] Friday #118 Reading Too Much Handling Rejection and Criticism The 1¢ Book Vignette: A Writing Exercise Approaching the blank page – part 4 [Fiction] Friday #117 What Would You Change? Writers Festivals as Professional Development The Logophile Influenced by One Sensible Sentence Approaching the blank page – part 3 Creative Carnival: August 2009 [Fiction] Friday #116 What’s in Your Journal Getting Paid to Write. Giving Constructive Criticism, Part II Mentoring in Writing Approaching the blank page – part 2 [Fiction] Friday #115 Nano Will Soon be Here Giving Constructive Criticism Is it Difficult to Write the Opposite Sex? On the Chain Gang Approaching the blank page – part 1 [Fiction] Friday #114 Advice Please Writing for Reflection Happily Ever After Advice in Hindsight Manifesto [Fiction] Friday #113 Tie-In Novels Finding Vour Writers Voice Thoughts on Covers, Websites and Advertising A Book by Any Other Cover Overdraft Creative Carnival: July 2009 [Fiction] Friday #112 Dusting Off the Cobwebs Sex Scenes on Paper Lessons in Collaboration Common Threads in Reading and Writing The pages are still blank [Fiction] Friday #111 Popularity Contests Writing Paranormal Romance Proper Focus Edward Albee and a Fish out of Water Expect the unexpected [Fiction] Friday #110 Know Your Setting Finding the twist for your short story. #!@*^%&…Apologies Productive Nostalgia Needs more zombie? [Fiction] Friday #109 A Recursive Process The Mistakes Romance Writers Make Passing the Torch Reading to Write One million Creative Carnival: June 2009 [Fiction] Friday #108 When Do You Surrender? The Basic Toolbox for Writers Stupid Stuff Can Jumpstart Creativity The New Spin on Reality TV Writecast [Fiction] Friday #107 Beta Reader Why Write Fiction? Our Debt Second Draft Tips Write, revise, repeat [Fiction] Friday #106 Horror Markets Writing Spaces My Cliché of Choice Writer’s Paradise Lessons in solitude [Fiction] Friday #105 Espresso Book Machine Writing Smarter – not Harder Writing Rules 10 Writing Tips for Using Mercury Retrograde Energy What rhymes with orange? [Fiction] Friday #104 Blog Fiction Engage Senses to kick start a Story or Character The Little Things Unsent Letter And many more Creative Carnival: May 2009 [Fiction] Friday #103 Villain Stereotypes The Art of People Watching Characters Who Push Back Crossing Over: Characters Choosing Writers Adapting to preference [Fiction] Friday #102 Drabble This, Tweet That Questioning your Characters Who’s Telling the Story, Anyway? Writing Sex Scenes WWYMCD? [Fiction] Friday #101 Tweet Away Common ways to abuse your readers Putting Humour in its Place The Urge to Purge Good article, now change all of it [Fiction] Friday #100 Submission Tracking The Opposing Force The Not So Solitary Writer The Bottom Line Small changes Creative Carnival – April 2009 [Fiction] Friday #99 Writing Around the Blogosphere Books of Shame and Guilt Why Did They Do That? Mannerisms – the Icing on the Cake God from the machine Story Weave : Overboard [Fiction] Friday #98 Do You Open the Door Dialogue is a dance Fear of Singing Extending Your Vocabulary Influence [Fiction] Friday #97 Website Aids Is your short story begging to be a Novel? The True Appeal of Fiction When Writing Less is More Gender and literature [Fiction] Friday #96 Apollonian and Dionysian Themes Arguing with your characters Mere Possibilities A Writer’s Retrospective: Reflecting on Goals and Resolutions for 2009 You’ve Written a Book – Now What? Creative Carnival – March 2009 [Fiction] Friday #95 Standards Developing Characters Private Writing Script Frenzy 2009 Those shows [Fiction] Friday #94 Don’t Be Selfish Gathering Ideas for your Short Stories and Poems Brainstorming Basics Making a Name for Yourself What is missing? Write about Blogging Say it on Saturday: February 2009 [Fiction] Friday #93 Adding Depth Why writers need to blog What a Deadline Can Teach You The Lunar Writer: 10 Tips for Using the Dark Moon Cross-over Special Post: Writing Challenge Grammar Girl: Addictive Vs. Addicting [Fiction] Friday #92 Who Are You? Proffessional or Amateur writer? Significance Monster Hall of Fame Let me count the ways Creative Carnival – February 2009 [Fiction] Friday #91 Moving Forward From Wednesday Writer to Guest Writer Challenging Creativity Prompting Ideas Simplify Picture This #10 [Fiction] Friday #90 Connecting Ghostwriting Fun Stuff Writer Response – February 2009 Writing just to Write! Say it On Saturday – January 2009 [Fiction] Friday #89 Battle of the Editors A Cookie for Mr. Updike Writing v. Technology Shaking things up [Fiction] Friday #88 The Word Can The Art and Craft of Storytelling Quoth Pardon the Egg on My Face [Fiction] Friday #87 Stick To It Thoughts into Words Best of Both Worlds? Friendly with Bears Creative Carnival – January 2009 [Fiction] Friday #86 My First WA Recommends: The Girl Who Spoke with Pictures How Do You Read? I resolve More Writing Excuses [Fiction] Friday #85 A New Year Writing Styles 2009 New Year’s Anti Resolutions Memorable gifts [Fiction] Friday #84 A Holiday Wish from Write Anything The Elusive Character Decoding Shakespeare Venite, venite On Your Nightstand #4 [Fiction] Friday #83 Page-A-Day Thirty Minutes a Day Write Anything’s Anything-But-Secret Santa Gift Exchange Scary Christmas Creative Carnival – December 2008 [Fiction] Friday #82 The Writing Meme Handwriting The Holidays in Verse Favorite books before you could read Review Your Work [Fiction] Friday #81 Writing Courses Dear Kid Saturdays NaNo Recovery There’s no such thing as bad publicity? Nothing to Say What words to Say? Say it on Saturday – November 2008 Chapter Seven – Fall 2008 Conclusion C7: Chapter Seven – Lost on Earth C7: Chapter Six – Lost on Earth C7: Chapter Five – Lost on Earth C7: Chapter Four – Lost on Earth C7: Chapter Three – Lost on Earth C7: Chapter Two – Lost on Earth C7: Chapter One – Lost on Earth Chapter Seven – Fall 2008 Introduction Chapter Seven is Coming … NaNo Excerpt #2 The Word of 2008 It was Karen’s Idea NaNo-No-No! Because I Obviously Have Nothing Better to Do … Creative Carnival – November 15th NaNoWriMo Edition Special Post: Forceful Word Count Tool [Fiction] Friday #80 Website Aids – NaNo Edition Scheduling Creativity Writing in the Margins: An Experiment in Creativity 1-12-52-365 Creative Carnival – November 8th NaNoWriMo Edition [Fiction] Friday #79 NaNo Excerpt Two Quick Reminders NaNo from the Sidelines Thoughts at 90 miles an hour Chapter Seven Update 50,000 Words or Bust! [Fiction] Friday #78 Word Processors NaNoWriMo Indecision 2008 Gear Up, Good Luck Machine-Made Authors – or How to Write and Publish a book in 30 days… I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker National Novel Writing Month! Say it on Saturday – October 2008 NaNoWriMo Workshop – Your Turn NaNoWrimo Workshop – Constructing Scenes NaNoWriMo Workshop – Plot NaNoWriMo Workshop – Point of View NaNoWriMo Workshop – Character NaNoWriMo Workshop – Setting NaNoWriMo Workshop – Setting It Up NaNoWriMo Workshop – Find, and Flush Out, an Idea [Fiction] Friday #77 How do you edit? Questions Rediscovering the Pen Save the language! Saturday Addendum: NaNoWriMo Workshops Creative Carnival – October 2008 [Fiction] Friday #76 Did He Really Just Say That? Hypnosis for Writer’s Block Bright Stuff The Basics: Prep Work Censored Do You Have Language Questions? [Fiction] Friday #75 What Hasn’t Been Done Bright Stuff #600 (and Final Prompt) Writing Big Bright Stuff #599 The Basics: Brainstorming No NaNo Here Either Bright Stuff #598 Bright Stuff #597 It’s that time of year again… Bright Stuff #596 Library Memory Surprise! You Can Register! America’s Troubles! Say it On Saturday – September 2008 Bright Stuff #595 [Fiction] Friday #74 Bright Stuff #594 Website Aids Bright Stuff #593 Thinking about Thought Bright Stuff #592 The Basics: Creating Ideas Bright Stuff #591 Bright Stuff #590 Predictive fiction Bright Stuff #589 Grammar Girl: Which Versus That Bright Stuff #588 [Fiction] Friday #73 Bright Stuff #587 Character Trading Cards Bright Stuff #586 Wordless Wednesday – Misplaced Apostrophe Bright Stuff #585 Fiction is Truer than Truth Bright Stuff #584 Bright Stuff #583 It’s not always about me… Bright Stuff #582 Creative Carnival – September 2008 Bright Stuff #581 [Fiction] Friday #72 Bright Stuff #580 Scene Cards Bright Stuff #579 Assure, Ensure, Insure Bright Stuff #578 Are Outlines for You? Bright Stuff #577 Bright Stuff #576 “Oh, I never read that…” Bright Stuff #575 A Little Language Humor Bright Stuff #574 [Fiction] Friday #71 Bright Stuff #573 The Creative Well Bright Stuff #572 Bears, Excrement and Memory Bright Stuff #571 Alien Bright Stuff #570 Bright Stuff #569 How do you do it? Bright Stuff #568 Are You Enjoying Life? Say it On Saturday – August 2008 Bright Stuff #567 [Fiction] Friday #70 Bright Stuff #566 Typos Bright Stuff #565 Should Proper Grammar Apply to Fiction? Bright Stuff #564 We’re an Odd Lot Bright Stuff #563 Bright Stuff #562 Why do you do it? Bright Stuff #561 Chapter Seven? Bright Stuff #560 [Fiction] Friday #69 Bright Stuff #559 71 Days Bright Stuff #558 What’s Your Tagline? Bright Stuff #557 When is it Time for a Clean Slate? Bright Stuff #556 Bright Stuff #555 What does your writing area say about you? Bright Stuff #554 A Call for Writers: Fall ’08 Book-It Project Bright Stuff #553 [Fiction] Friday #68 Bright Stuff #552 Show Off Your Site Bright Stuff #551 Passive Aggressive Bright Stuff #550 The Other Side of Immortality Bright Stuff #549 Writing a Review Bright Stuff #548 A glimmer of immortality Bright Stuff #547 Creative Carnival – August 2008 Bright Stuff #546 [Fiction] Friday #67 Bright Stuff #545 Would You Be a Ghostwriter? Bright Stuff #544 Holding on to However Bright Stuff #543 Is All Writing Real? Bright Stuff #542 Bright Stuff #541 What’s in a name… again… Bright Stuff #540 Analyze This Bright Stuff #539 [Fiction] Friday #66 Bright Stuff #538 Website Aids Bright Stuff #537 Article Checker Bright Stuff #536 Belongings Bright Stuff #535 Bright Stuff #534 Please turn to page 69… Bright Stuff #533 Time is Ticking Support Our Troops! Say it On Saturday – July 2008 Bright Stuff #532 [Fiction] Friday #65 Bright Stuff #531 Still Riding the Reading Train Bright Stuff #530 Calla Louise Bright Stuff #529 Location, Location, Location Bright Stuff #528 Bright Stuff #527 Burn baby burn Bright Stuff #526 A Call for Ideas Bright Stuff #525 [Fiction] Friday #64 Bright Stuff #524 Story Sparkers Bright Stuff #523 In the Mood Bright Stuff #522 Cover Yourself Bright Stuff #521 Bright Stuff #520 Letting go Bright Stuff #519 Creative Carnival – July 2008 Bright Stuff #518 [Fiction] Friday #63 Bright Stuff #517 Fighting Back Bright Stuff #516 Second Sight Bright Stuff #515 Are you a Character? Bright Stuff #514 Bright Stuff #513 Finishing The Novel Bright Stuff #512 Working to the End Bright Stuff #511 [Fiction] Friday #62 Bright Stuff #510 Loss Bright Stuff #509 Research Bright Stuff #508 Suffocation Bright Stuff #507 Bright Stuff #506 The theme of originality Bright Stuff #505 A Call for Writers Bright Stuff #504 [Fiction] Friday #61 Bright Stuff #503 Real Life Talk Bright Stuff #502 Write It Down Bright Stuff #501 One Less Wordsmith Bright Stuff #500 Bright Stuff #499 Homework assignment Bright Stuff #498 Thirteen Common Writing Mistakes Bright Stuff #497 [Fiction] Friday #60 Bright Stuff #496 Three-Word Game Bright Stuff #495 Sharing Bright Stuff #494 A Foreign Language Bright Stuff #493 Bright Stuff #492 Suitable for boys Bright Stuff #491 Creative Carnival – June 2008 Bright Stuff #490 [Fiction] Friday #59 Bright Stuff #489 Ask and Answer #6 Bright Stuff #488 Disposable Writing Bright Stuff #487 Poetry in Unexpected Places Bright Stuff #486 Bright Stuff #485 About the author Bright Stuff #484 Picture This Bright Stuff #483 [Fiction] Friday #58 Bright Stuff #482 Website Aids Bright Stuff #481 Campaign Songs for Everyone Bright Stuff #480 The First Write Anything Idea Giveaway Bright Stuff #479 Bright Stuff #478 The revolution – part 2 Bright Stuff #477 Thoughts on Outlining Bright Stuff #476 [Fiction] Friday #57 Bright Stuff #475 Bright Stuff #474 Welcome to Our New Home! Bright Stuff #473 Who’s Listening Bright Stuff #472 Bright Stuff #471 The revolution – part 1 Bright Stuff #470 A Brief Break Bright Stuff #469 [Fiction] Friday #56 Bright Stuff #468 Appreciation Bright Stuff #467 The Balance Bright Stuff #466 Shorts Bright Stuff #465 Bright Stuff #464 Know your “writes” Bright Stuff #463 Picture This #8 Bright Stuff #462 [Fiction] Friday #55 Bright Stuff #461 A Special Day Bright Stuff #460 Too Much of a Good Thing? Bright Stuff #459 Vices Game Bright Stuff #458 Bright Stuff #457 This thing called wantin’ and havin’ it all… Bright Stuff #456 Creative Carnival – May 2008 Bright Stuff #455 [Fiction] Friday #54 Bright Stuff #454 It’s In The Air Bright Stuff #453 Time Bright Stuff #452 Un-Comfort Zone Bright Stuff #451 Bright Stuff #450 The good, the popular Bright Stuff #449 Learning New Words #1 Bright Stuff #448 [Fiction] Friday #53 Bright Stuff #447 The Next Step Bright Stuff #446 WS Recommends: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Bright Stuff #445 A Different Kind of Writing Challenge Bright Stuff #444 Bright Stuff #443 Poetry Bright Stuff #442 When is it research and when is it theft? My Anniversary of The Secret! Failure? Say it on Saturday – April 2008 Bright Stuff #441 [Fiction] Friday #52 Bright Stuff #440 Three Word Game Bright Stuff #439 The Theory of Mind Bright Stuff#438 Read, Learn, Enter Bright Stuff #437 Bright Stuff #436 Do you remember your first time? Bright Stuff #435 Let’s Play Bright Stuff #434 [Fiction] Friday #51 Bright Stuff #433 The Night Bright Stuff #432 Do they Really Want to Hear MY Voice? Bright Stuff #431 Font of Creativity Bright Stuff #430 Bright Stuff #429 Got muse? Bright Stuff #428 Creative Carnival – April 2008 Bright Stuff #427 [Fiction] Friday #50 Bright Stuff #426 Website Aids Bright Stuff #425 The Motor Theory of Language Bright Stuff #424 Defining the Genre: Literary Fiction Bright Stuff #423 Bright Stuff #422 Eloquence Bright Stuff #421 Picture This #7 Bright Stuff #420 [Fiction] Friday #49 Bright Stuff #419 Could They Understand Bright Stuff #418 Thought, Articulation and Writing Bright Stuff #417 Cause and Effect Game Bright Stuff #416 Bright Stuff #415 Making it up as you go along… Bright Stuff #414 My mere Façade Verifying Memoirs Writers Shame Say it on Saturday – March 2008 Bright Stuff #413 [Fiction] Friday #48 Bright Stuff #412 Going Audio Bright Stuff #411 Dreaming in Thought? Bright Stuff #410 Defining the Genre: Humor Bright Stuff #409 On Carrying A Loaded Gun… Bright Stuff #408 Adverse writing conditions Bright Stuff #407 Picture This #6 Bright Stuff #406 [Fiction] Friday #47 Bright Stuff #405 My First Post Bright Stuff #404 Childhood Writing Bright Stuff #403 Old Notebooks Bright Stuff #402 Bright Stuff #401 Hello Real Job, welcome to my writing… Bright Stuff #400 Two Years Counting Bright Stuff #399 [Fiction] Friday #46 Bright Stuff #398 Website Aids Bright Stuff #397 Nice Pair Bright Stuff #396 Inspiration Game Bright Stuff #395 Writing Photo Contest #2 Bright Stuff #394 Therapy Bright Stuff #393 Creative Carnival – March 2008 Bright Stuff #392 [Fiction] Friday #45 Bright Stuff #391 Horror Sub-Genre Vocabulary Bright Stuff #390 When Inspiration Strikes Bright Stuff #389 Writing with Style Bright Stuff #388 Bright Stuff #387 Lost property office Bright Stuff #386 Bright Stuff #385 [Fiction] Friday #44 Bright Stuff #384 Amazon Shorts Bright Stuff #383 Word Aversions Bright Stuff #387 Starting Strong Bright Stuff #381 Bright Stuff #380 Honesty Bright Stuff #379 Say it on Saturday – February 2008 Wise Men/Women have Something to Say! Inspiration Raw talent vs evolving genius Taking offense? Bright Stuff #378 [Fiction] Friday #43 Bright Stuff #377 The End is Here Bright Stuff #376 Voice Bright Stuff #375 Commiseration Bright Stuff #374 Bright Stuff #373 I know it like the back of my hand… Bright Stuff #372 Ask and Answer #5 Bright Stuff #371 [Fiction] Friday #42 Bright Stuff #370 Reading Too Much Bright Stuff #369 Journals Bright Stuff #368 The Hidden Problem with Clichés Bright Stuff #367 Bright Stuff #366 What’s in a name? Bright Stuff #365 Creative Carnival – February 2008 Bright Stuff #364 [Fiction] Friday #41 Bright Stuff #363 2008 List of Banned Words Bright Stuff #362 Oh, I Get It Bright Stuff #361 What Fears Tell Us Bright Stuff #360 Bright Stuff #359 Words of Advice Bright Stuff #358 Picture This #5 Bright Stuff #357 [Fiction] Friday #40 Bright Stuff #356 21 Days Bright Stuff #355 Your Favorite Post Bright Stuff #354 Out of the Closet Bright Stuff #353 Bright Stuff #352 I’m a liar… Bright Stuff #351 Say it Saturday – January 2008 Don’t Be Shy! The Writers Strike Bright Stuff #350 [Fiction] Friday #39 Bright Stuff #349 Free Rice for Your Vocabulary Bright Stuff #348 A Way with Words Bright Stuff #347 Truth in Strange Places Bright Stuff #346 Bright Stuff #345 Happy ever after? Bright Stuff #344 Poetry Winner Bright Stuff #343 [Fiction] Friday #38 Bright Stuff #342 Email Cover Letters Bright Stuff #341 The Face Behind the Word Bright Stuff #340 Poetry Contest Shhh…Don’t Tell Anyone I’m a Writer Bright Stuff #339 Bright Stuff #338 Nevermore Bright Stuff #337 Creative Carnival – January 2008 Bright Stuff #336 [Fiction] Friday #37 Bright Stuff #335 2008 New Year’s Resolution: No Changes, Please! Bright Stuff #334 The Last Word Bright Stuff #333 Since You Asked Bright Stuff #332 Bright Stuff #331 How do you write? Bright Stuff #330 Goals, Guest Writers, Blogroll, Critiques, Comments, Carnival Bright Stuff #329 [Fiction] Friday #36 Bright Stuff #328 Someone Chose the Wrong Road Bright Stuff #327 Freelance Rollercoaster Bright Stuff #326 New Year’s Anti-Resolutions Bright Stuff #325 Bright Stuff #324 A cup o’ kindness Bright Stuff #323 On Your Nightstand #3 Bright Stuff #322 [Fiction] Friday #35 Bright Stuff #321 To Make Waves Bright Stuff #320 A Lonely Profession Bright Stuff #319 Merry Christmas (and Looking Forward) Bright Stuff #318 Bright Stuff #317 Getting back into the spirit Bright Stuff #316 Say Hello #3 Bright Stuff #315 [Fiction] Friday #34 Bright Stuff #314 Patience Bright Stuff #313 Stories Bright Stuff #312 Bad Writing Habits Anonymous Bright Stuff #311 Bright Stuff #310 Thief of mind Bright Stuff #309 Picture This #4 Bright Stuff #308 [Fiction] Friday #33 Bright Stuff #307 An Essential Writing Tool Bright Stuff #306 One Word Bright Stuff #305 How Important Is Honesty? Bright Stuff #304 Bright Stuff #303 The Wall Bright Stuff #302 Creative Carnival – December 2007 Bright Stuff #301 [Fiction] Friday #32 Bright Stuff #300 Read in Order to Write Bright Stuff #299 Wrong to Sell the Rights? Bright Stuff #298 Finding the Time Bright Stuff #297 Bright Stuff #296 What NaNoWriMo has taught me Bright Stuff #295 NaNoWriMo Wrap Up Bright Stuff #294 [Fiction] Friday #31 Bright Stuff #293 The End is Near Bright Stuff #292 The WordPlay Cafe Neologisms Contest Bright Stuff #291 Holiday Stories Bright Stuff #290 Descriptive Writing Bright Stuff #289 Stay Drunk Bright Stuff #288 Creative Carnival – November 24th Bright Stuff #287 [Fiction] Friday #30 Bright Stuff #286 Cell Phone Privacy Bright Stuff #285 PLR Articles Bright Stuff #284 NaNoWriMo Excerpt Contest Dirty Little Reading Secret Bright Stuff #283 Bright Stuff #282 Where did your novel come from? Bright Stuff #281 Creative Carnival – November 17th Bright Stuff #280 [Fiction] Friday #29 Bright Stuff #279 The Halfway Point Bright Stuff #278 Thrashing My NaNoWriMo Bright Stuff #277 Importance of a Proper Diagnosis Bright Stuff #276 Bright Stuff #275 Truth is often duller than fiction… Bright Stuff #274 Creative Carnival – November 10th Bright Stuff #273 [Fiction] Friday #28 Bright Stuff #272 Nano Excerpt Bright Stuff #271 Trademarks Bright Stuff #270 The Need to Fail Bright Stuff #269 Bright Stuff #268 Writer’s Block? Start at the End Bright Stuff #267 Creative Carnival – November 3rd Bright Stuff #266 [Fiction] Friday #27 Bright Stuff #265 It’s Nano Time Bright Stuff #264 Do You Tell? Bright Stuff #263 Realistic Goals Bright Stuff #262 Bright Stuff #261 Help Wanted: Sunday Writer Bright Stuff #260 Plot Tips: Write Who You Are Bright Stuff #259 [Fiction] Friday #26 Bright Stuff #258 Website Aids – Nano Edition Bright Stuff #257 Too Creative? Bright Stuff #256 Defining the Genre: Horror/Terror Bright Stuff #255 Bright Stuff #254 Video Post: NaNoWriMo Update / Announcement Bright Stuff #253 Write a Bad Novel Bright Stuff #252 [Fiction] Friday #25 Bright Stuff #251 Writing Tidbits Around the ‘Sphere Bright Stuff #250 World Wide Web Rules Bright Stuff #249 Defining the Genre: Roll Call Bright Stuff #248 Rainless among marram Bright Stuff #247 Bright Stuff #246 Creative Carnival – October 2007 Bright Stuff #245 [Fiction] Friday #24 Bright Stuff #244 Unconventional Bright Stuff #243 Find Time to Write Bright Stuff #242 NaNo Anxiety Bright Stuff #241 The X factor Bright Stuff #240 Bright Stuff #239 NaNoWriMo Update Bright Stuff #238 [Fiction] Friday #23 Bright Stuff#237 The Death of a Short Story Bright Stuff #236 Singular Their Bright Stuff #235 Read Free Bright Stuff #234 Let me lie to you: a poem sketch Bright Stuff #233 Bright Stuff #232 Talk to Me #3 Bright Stuff #231 [Fiction] Friday #22 Bright Stuff #230 Website Aids Bright Stuff #229 Adjectives Bright Stuff #228 Praying for Rain Bright Stuff #227 PR machine killing field: a poem Bright Stuff #226 Bright Stuff #225 NaNoWriMo Update Analyze This Bright Stuff #224 [Fiction] Friday #21 Bright Stuff #223 Frey Writing Another Novel Bright Stuff #222 Titles Bright Stuff #221 Banned Book Week is Coming Bright Stuff #220 Regarding last week’s info diet Bright Stuff #219 Bright Stuff #218 Short Story Winner Writing Goals – Fall 2007 Bright Stuff #217 [Fiction] Friday #20 Bright Stuff #216 Backwoods Horror Bright Stuff #215 Short Story Contest The When and Where of Inspiration Bright Stuff #214 Milestones Bright Stuff #213 Info diet Bright Stuff #212 Bright Stuff #211 Creative Carnival – September 2007 Bright Stuff #210 [Fiction] Friday #19 Bright Stuff #209 Thirteen Common Errors in English Usage Bright Stuff #208 Plagiarism Today Bright Stuff #207 The Roaming Reader Bright Stuff #206 Intermission Bright Stuff #205 Bright Stuff #204 Ask and Answer #4 An Introduction to Marketing Bright Stuff #203 [Fiction] Friday #18 Bright Stuff #202 Is MySpace Worth It? Bright Stuff #201 Online Writing Communities Bright Stuff #200 Characters Behaving Badly Bright Stuff #199 Rain either rolls off your back or gets under your skin Bright Stuff #198 Bright Stuff #197 Talk to Me #2 Writers Need to Read Bright Stuff #196 [Fiction] Friday #17 Bright Stuff #195 Internet Research Aids Part I Bright Stuff #194 Nothing Binding Bright Stuff #193 Write Stuff Recommends: Christopher Moore Bright Stuff #192 A Poet’s Voice Bright Stuff #191 Bright Stuff #190 Picture This #3 Can I Use Slang? What About Jargon? Bright Stuff #189 [Fiction] Friday #16 Bright Stuff #188 Upcoming Dates Bright Stuff #187 Publishing: Avoiding Scams Bright Stuff #186 The Wind Up Bright Stuff #185 Rain—everyone needs it like everyone needs a great narrative Bright Stuff #184 Bright Stuff #183 Ask and Answer Game #3 The Novelist’s Survival Guide Bright Stuff #213 Bright Stuff #182 [Fiction] Friday #15 Bright Stuff #181 Book Burning Bright Stuff #180 How Much Should Publishing Cost? Bright Stuff #179 The Doldrums Bright Stuff #178 Rain intensifies the drama of the question Bright Stuff #177 Bright Stuff #176 On Your Nightstand #2 Bright Stuff #175 [Fiction] Friday #14 Bright Stuff #174 The Darkside of Writing Bright Stuff #173 Vanity Publishing Versus Self Publishing Bright Stuff #172 What Punctuation are You? Bright Stuff #171 Where does rain come from? Bright Stuff #170 The Dawn of a New Day Good Writer Traits Name That Book – Book Trivia #6 Short Short – Obeying the Rules Writing Tip: Setting Description Through a Character’s POV Short Short – Security Issues Morning. I Need Coffee Changing of the Guards Last Giveaway Upate Choose You Own Adventure My Companion Blogathon Giveaways Update Hear the Crickets? How Many Books Have You Read? The Bard in the Blanks Blood on the Page Thanks for the Pledge Blogathon Giveaways Great Literature or Great Books Pledge for a Book Writers on Writing Game Favorite Books Bright Stuff #169 Interactivity Dale and His First Book Saying my Goodbyes The Teardrop Manor – Part II The Teardrop Manor Hi, I’m Andrea! Name That Book – Book Trivia #5 Tammi Signing Off Character Sketch: Jack Write Who You Know Let Your Characters Sing Character Sketch: Bailey Pledge for a Sketch, Literally Forum Your Characters Character Sketch: Carsley Create from Creativtivity Character Sketch: Merritt Picture Your Characters Character Sketch: Jacey Blog-A-Thon: First Book Karen Signs Off – Hello Tammi Short Short – Airwave Fantasy Name That Book – Book Trivia #4 Short Short – Not in Kansas Anymore Writer’s Tip: Avoid a Sagging Middle Short Short – Call It a Day Name That Book – Book Trivia #3 Short Short – Five Minutes of Fame Writing Tip: Five Steps Of Revision Short Short – A Sneaky Scare Name That Book – Book Trivia #2 Short Short – In the Limelight Name That Book – Book Trivia #1 Short Short – Feeling Empty Blog-a-thon Welcome Blog-a-thon Starts Soon! Bright Stuff #168 [Fiction] Friday #13 Bright Stuff #167 Is it Worth it or Not? Bright Stuff #166 Print-on-Demand and Vanity Publishing Bright Stuff #165 Blogathon Remote Control Bright Stuff #164 RE: This may be a poor idea Bright Stuff #163 Bright Stuff #162 Analyze This Bright Stuff #161 [Fiction] Friday #12 Bright Stuff #160 Why? Bright Stuff #159 Book Publishing Options Bright Stuff #158 An Act of Magic Bright Stuff #157 We’re Helping Children Get Hooked on Books Bright Stuff #156 Writing Photo Contest #1 Bright Stuff #155 Vote, Pledge, Discuss Bright Stuff #154 [Fiction] Friday #11 Bright Stuff #153 Link Story Bright Stuff #152 Uncooperative Thoughts Bright Stuff #151 An Act of Perspective Bright Stuff #150 Blogging for 24 Straight Hours July 28th Bright Stuff #149 Bright Stuff #148 Talk to Me #1 Mechanics Refresher: Colons Bright Stuff #147 [Friday] Fiction #10 Bright Stuff #146 Boldly Going… [Fiction] Friday Reminder Bright Stuff #145 Controlled Emotion Bright Stuff #144 An Act of Faith Bright Stuff #143 Hello—I’m Finn, And I’m A Wordie Bright Stuff #142 Bright Stuff Bright Stuff #141 On Your Nightstand #1 Back From the Dead Bright Stuff #140 [Fiction] Friday #9 Bright Stuff #139 One Space or Two [Fiction] Friday Reminder Bright Stuff #138 What’s in a Name? Bright Stuff #137 An Act of Discovery Bright Stuff #136 Deadlines Bright Stuff #135 Bright Stuff #134 Say Hello #2 Persuasive Writing Bright Stuff #133 Fiction Friday #8 Bright Stuff #132 Throwing Out The Rule Book [Fiction] Friday Reminder Bright Stuff #131 Give It to Me Straight, Doc Bright Stuff #130 An Act of Imagination Bright Stuff #129 Fears Bright Stuff #128 Bright Stuff #127 Fill in the Blank Giving It Away Bright Stuff #126 Fiction Friday #7 Bright Stuff #125 Critical Theory [Fiction] Friday Reminder Bright Stuff #124 Mechanics Bright Stuff #123 Lost in Reference Bright Stuff #122 Ignore It Bright Stuff #121 Bright Stuff #120 Picture This #2 Bright Stuff #119 Fiction Friday #6 Bright Stuff #118 Filling In Write On! Bright Stuff #117 On Reading and Writing Bright Stuff #116 Do You Really Need a Reason? Bright Stuff #115 This may be a poor idea Bright Stuff #114 Bright Stuff #113 Ask and Answer Game #2 Bright Stuff #112 Fiction Friday #5 Bright Stuff #111 Agent Tips Fiction Friday Reminder Bright Stuff #110 Packing It In Bright Stuff #109 The Myth of Lost Ideas Bright Stuff #108 Memorial Day Remembering Bright Stuff #107 Bright Stuff #106 Journal Giveaway – #9 Bright Stuff #105 Fiction Friday #4 Bright Stuff #104 Motivation Fiction Friday Reminder Bright Stuff #103 The Gist Bright Stuff #102 Senseless Bright Stuff #101 A definition poem Bright Stuff #100 Bright Stuff #99 Say Hello #1 Bright Stuff #98 Fiction Friday #3 Bright Stuff #97 Shades of Gray Fiction Friday Reminder Bright Stuff #96 The Boss Bright Stuff #95 Write Stuff Recommends: Connie Willis Bright Stuff #94 Simple Bright Stuff #93 Bright Stuff #92 Giving and Receiving Critiques Picture This #1 Bright Stuff #91 Fiction Friday #2 Bright Stuff #90 Writers’ retreats Bright Stuff #89 No Bright Stuff #88 I Hear Voices Bright Stuff #87 Unplugged Bright Stuff #86 Bright Stuff #85 Upcoming Writing Contests – #3 Bright Stuff #84 Fiction Friday #1 Bright Stuff #83 Another job idea for writers, but is it legit? Bright Stuff #82 Watching and Writing Bright Stuff #81 The Reading Life Bright Stuff #80 Gorgeous Despair Bright Stuff #79 Bright Stuff #78 Give Form to Your Fiction Bright Stuff #77 Ask and Answer Game #1 Bright Stuff #76 Cross country writing Bright Stuff #75 Grant Writing Bright Stuff #74 Looking For Answers Bright Stuff #73 When people turn to poetry Bright Stuff #72 Bright Stuff #71 Write Stuff Forum is Now Open! Bright Stuff #70 Pain Bright Stuff #69 The Night Bright Stuff #68 Confessions of a Writer Bright Stuff #67 I Try to Avoid the Word Random But… Bright Stuff #67 Letting Go Bright Stuff #66 Why I Write Bright Stuff #65 Last Creative Carnival Bright Stuff #64 Unlucky Bright Stuff #63 Unanswered Prayers Bright Stuff #62 A Note of Fortune Bright Stuff #61 As Luck would Have It Bright Stuff #60 Kismet Bright Stuff #59 Bright Stuff #58 Ask Stuff #2 Bright Stuff #57 Did You Bare It All? Bright Stuff #56 Sticky books Bright Stuff #55 Writing Rituals Bright Stuff #54 Listen Up Bright Stuff #53 National Poetry Month Bright Stuff #52 Bright Stuff #51 Tax Tips for Writers Bright Stuff #50 Ask Stuff #1 Bright Stuff #49 Secret Agents Bright Stuff #48 Freelance Writing Woes Bright Stuff #47 Coincidence, Plot or Bad Writing Bright Stuff #46 The Economics of Writing, part four Bright Stuff #45 Bright Stuff #44 How to Be a Writer in Ten Easy Steps Bright Stuff #43 Annoying Protagonists and Their Silly Traits Bright Stuff #42 I Need More Than Sharpened Pencils Bright Stuff #41 Computers and Creativity Bright Stuff #40 Quirky Characters Birthday Wishes Bright Stuff #39 The Economics of Writing, part three Bright Stuff #38 Bright Stuff #37 Creative Carnival – #7 Bright Stuff #36 Trapped in a Shadow Bright Stuff #35 Misplaced Bright Stuff #34 The Contest Bright Stuff #33 Sibling Rivalry Bright Stuff #32 The Conversion of St. Jude Bright Stuff #31 Bright Stuff #30 Journal Giveaway – #8 Bright Stuff #29 The Rise of the Fictomercial Bright Stuff #28 Enjoying the experience Bright Stuff #27 Goalies Bright Stuff #26 The Need to Read Bright Stuff #25 The Economics of Writing, part two Bright Stuff #24 Bright Stuff #23 More Writing Excuses Bright Stuff #22 Does the Pay Per Post Program Lose Readers? Bright Stuff #21 How To Avoid Inspiration Killers Bright Stuff #20 Where do You Write? Bright Stuff #19 Writer Cards Bright Stuff #18 The economics of writing Bright Stuff #17 Bright Stuff #16 Useful Writing Websites Bright Stuff #15 Banning Books Bright Stuff #14 Nothing Fancy Bright Stuff #13 Morning Bright Stuff #12 You Are Not Your Characters’ Friend Bright Stuff #11 What to bring to a poetry reading Bright Stuff #10 Bright Stuff #9 Creative Carnival – #6 Bright Stuff #8 A Surprise Bouquet Bright Stuff #7 V-Day for the Newly Single Bright Stuff #6 Falling Bright Stuff #5 Creative Silence Bright Stuff #4 Valentine’s Day Card Bright Stuff #3 Bright Stuff #2 Upcoming Writing Contests – #2 Bright Stuff #1 A Proponent of Writing Classes Metaphorical Short-cuts Cooking with Truth See the World With a Writer’s Eyes Creative Lollygagging WS Housekeeping Tidbits Interactive Mystery Game Share Your Kudos What is Your Relationship with Words? Procrastination: Avoidance v. Preparation Writing courses Win a Write Stuff Journal – #7 A Better Understanding of Human Nature The Sound of Things Writer’s Block or Procrastination? Writers Must Have a Thick Skin Critical thinking as it relates to submitting work A New Poem for the New Year Creative Carnival – #5 Back to Basics: “Show, don’t tell” The Mind/Body Dichotomy You Can Help Poets and Writers reading their work Grin and Bare It Moving Day The Critic A New Beginning Untitled, but I’m taking suggestions (Re)Introducing the Write Stuff Writers Answer Me This You gotta get a gimmick Lyrics 2007 Anti-Resolutions 001/364 Writing Resources – #10 Penning Holiday Letters When Words Just Aren’t Enough Writing Slumps Holiday Tradition All I want for Christmas Writers Wanted Proposal Do’s and Don’ts Cashing in on Your Dirty Laundry Repercussions of memoir writing Writing about Work Vampire Santa and the Bellybutton Lint Faerie Word play and falling in love Biding My Time With A Byline Creative Carnival – #4 Cold Heart Grandma’s Trinket Consider What Do You Call What’s Above the Subtext? Immigrant Wishing On A Star Ten Career-Killing Mistakes Sunday Breakfast The Write Course Read Any Good Books Lately? Writing in the Age of Wireless Shake some action My Mantra With A Little Nose Thumbing Thrown In For Good Measure Are You Ever Really Going to Finish that Novel? Roadmap to Success Your philosophy Explaining Death to the Dog Fighting Windmills When is a short story too short? The Write Question with No Right Answer More Writing Excuses Reality Check – Fourth (and Final!) Excerpt The Writer’s Thanksgiving Prayer Choosing Your Main Characters What’s in a Name Writing a book review Write Stuff Announcements Upcoming Writing Contests – #1 Reality Check – Third Excerpt Tis the Season to Not Be So Giving Building Extras Creative Time Keep it Simple 10 qualities of a good writer Useful Writing Websites Reality Check – Second Excerpt 20 minutes Characters Once a Cheater … 2007 NaNoWriMo Week One Autumn Canto What Is Plot? Reality Check – First Excerpt Intentions Missing the Point In Like a Turkey… Hitting the Panic Button Lit–the Drug Writing Resources – #9 There’s No Time For Excuses I’m not a morning person Downtime If You Can’t Do I Have a Problem Blind Date with Poetry The (Last) Most Important Part of Your Story Harpy Shampoo II Imagine if You Will … Forgetting how to write Writing Alternatives Time Off For Good Behavior Creative Carnival – #3 Dear Diary I can’t breathe The Rodent A Child’s Perspective A Letter Home My Father’s Promise Creating Believable Characters A Novel Plan – Part Five Food For Thought Genres Writing from Scratch Writing Fit Club, Anyone? Publication of “The People” Is It a Good Premise? A Novel Plan – Part Four Three Words How Do You Define Success? Writing?…I’ve heard of it… Putting It Out There Method writing? Win a Write Stuff Journal – #6 A Novel Plan – Part Three Group Thinkin’ Life Tips and Such Out of My Element A Writer In Mom’s Clothing Notes from a Poetry Workshop Creative Carnival – #2 An Honest Mistake The Taker: a Mistaken Friendship The Magic Handkerchief Not a Clue A Mistake of the Heart Career Mistake Booking Through Saturday A Novel Plan – Part Two Literary Foreplay For Writing Out Loud Milestones A Writing Mission Statement Yellow jackets in the morning; a writer’s dilema Writing Descriptively About Place A Novel Plan – Part One The Absorption Theory of Word Particles Writing and Writing A Sense of Normalcy I Have a Plan Stone hedge Let’s Talk About Goals Attractive Equals Successful? Shoot for the stars, land among other aspiring writers Is Summer Almost Over? Bio Blues Let’s Talk About Sex A writer’s business card Win a Write Stuff Journal – #5 What Kind of Writer Are You? Writing turns me on Deliberately Bad Poetry The Importance of Being Flexible Progress Report #2 C’est magnifique mais ce ne fait pas l’affaire Creative Carnival – #1 Premonition or Promise? Blanked Out The Hex Better Left Unspoken There Were No Premonitions at All Cassandra’s Gift Online Mags Choosing the Write Path – Pt. 3 Observe Other Writers’ Techniques Baking a Story Why Do You Write? When Someone Put the Idea in My Head ‘Cause that’s what poets do Fiction or Nonfiction? Choosing the Write Path – Pt. 2 Perfect Pitch Crash and Burn Discomfort Zone Progress Report Common distractions More Writing Excuses That’s So Cliche’ Discipline Is Love In Practice Crossing your “F’s” and Dotting Your “J’s” In pursuit of uninterrupted creativity Why a quick jab will make you come back for more Fairytale Headlines Win a Write Stuff Journal – #4 Choosing the Write Path To all of the college students I love The Last Word First Impressions Strength in Numbers One more cup of coffee before I go Dialogue Tips Another Form of Writing Discipline leads to confidence, who knew? Breaking the Rules Define “Progress”… Fessing Up ATF-3 Query Letter Advice from Published Novelists Questions for Our Readers Why Meter is Important, Even in Free Verse Perspective Finding the Voice Separation So you think you have something to say? Win a Write Stuff Journal! #3 Harpy Shampoo I Transitions Creative Outlets Performance Art? Don’t You Love It When This Happens? Stride Writing Resources – #8 Blog to Book My goal minus discipline equals squat Writing Pitfalls Procrastination, preparation, excuses and explanations Success Needs a Plan Go deep The Importance of Writing Down Your Goals Sticky Mess Popsicles Popsicle Dance The Case of Belgian Dark Photo Writing Prompt Red Dye #40 Epsicle ice pop* Picture Fiction #1 Not Everyone Can Be a Writer – But It’s Not as Hard as You May Think! Taking plot risks Living Poetry #@&$*#@!!!!! Just a Few Writing Excuses Tiptoe through the garden Win a Write Stuff Journal! #2 What Makes a Good Novel? Not just another carbon copy Stumbling Blocks The Fiction of “What If” Just a Couple of Pet Peeves Through Yonder Window Writing Resources – #7 Writing – Made Easy Audience Participation: Share, Share, and Share Alike What Kind of Writer Are You? Bad Habits Goals, Goals, & More Goals Where is the audience? A Moment to Say Thanks The Story Behind the Script Write like it’s your job American Idol and Writing Contests Crap Fiction for Practice and Pleasure Bits and Pieces Penguins Writing Resources – #6 Unintentional Cheating? Write like you talk or talk like you write? Back to the Title Open Your Ears Don’t Ask Me That! Breaking New Ground Win a Write Stuff Journal! Take Me, Please Know Your Audience Ghostwriting Deadlines Oh, the Voices in My Head! When The Lights Go Out Writing Resources – #5 The Message is Part of You The K.I.S.S. Method Bad Words Raise My Kid Writing Resources – #4 The Poetry Keeps Coming Washing Those Harpies Right Out of My Hair Mixing Facts with Fiction When both your page and mind are blank Letting Go It’s All in the Details Spots of Time Under The Holly Writing Resources – #3 *Special Post – Geeky Writers Wanted How Well Do You Know Your Characters? Exorcising your writing demons The Inadequacy of Language Unreal Using Music as the Muse Below an Oak Tree Writing Resources – #2 A Lonely Profession When a Great Idea Strikes Research and the Web One Rule Where It’s All Going Critiquing 101 Writing Resources – #1 Strength in Numbers Simplicity On Writing The Muse Where It All Started