I can't write shorts to save my life. My mind just doesn't think that small. I think in novels. Said that, I've had three shorts published, but they were hard tortuous work for me. I think I'd rather drive railroad spikes into my eyes.
English major
Journalism minor
Pagan - > Gwyddon
grew up with my grandmother
raised on Social Security and food stamps
family raised a garden every year
great-grandmother was a bootlegger
lived in house with two aunts until they graduated and moved away
Appalachia (southeastern Kentucky)
coal...
I have panic disorder with agoraphobia, am also depressive and have ADD. :D It's a fun time up in my head! LOL I write because when I don't write, the depression gets worse. Also, you don't want me to get bored and restless; that's when things around me tend to go BOOM! :bounce: Too, writing...
The best use of Twitter?
~ don't tweet links with no explanations
~ have a complete profile (ie, make sure you have a website to link to that's not twitter or facebook)
~ make interactions with other twitters the priority and not the exception
~ don't just tweet links
~ don't just tweet...
~ if you have bookmarks, give them out to people, even if they don't buy anything
~ be friendly
~ let people browse (don't interrupt with questions or chitchat)
~ be honest
I don't know about book fairs but I do know that at conventions I've attended, it's not uncommon for folks to now and then...
I'm assuming you're using Wordpress.com? I've self-hosted Wordpress on my website for going-on seven years. Now and then I have issues, but I've found it's usually something silly I've managed to do somehow somewhere. :( Any website is literally going to have its ups and downs, and that's...
That might get a bit boring after a while. That said, my current project, I'm using a "diary" format. The story takes place over a year, and realistically, I can't write about every single day or every single thing that happens in a given day. Days are going to be skipped. Weeks are going to be...
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