The Write Books

Just yesterday my mother, sisters and I visited the new library of Baltimore! And I got a few helpful books on writing, my favorites starting at the top:

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* A Teens Guide to Getting Published by twins Jessica and Danielle Dunn - Very informative with advice, a few very good teen listings, and an upbeat feel to the book. Plus examples to help you get started. •••••

* Websters New Explorer Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms - When you're trying to write a sophisticated or comedic story or article and you need the right word to fit your theme or feel, awesome help! •••••

* The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Style by Laurie E. Rozakis, Ph.D. - When your internet decides to Zap out and you can't go to a helpful grammar site like Grammar Girl, this book is not only humorous but helpful to understand if your sentence is grammarically correct ( if you want it to be ) ••••


* Your Name in Print by father and daughter Elizabeth and Timothy Harper - Yawn . . . oh . . . yes the book review! This book is chockful of helpful information and testimonials, but maybe it's the font and letter size . . . this book is very boring. It's very hard to get through a helpful chapter without skipping to the interesting stuff. Besides the dullness of it, this is a very good book. I would probably only check it out again for the exercises and info, listings and such. •••


I'm probably going to buy my favorites and many more others( if I need them) when I get the money to do so. Until then having them at the library is just four thumbs up of help!

Gathering Days

Usually my schedule for writing is mon-wed and then I work on jewelry during my three day weekend (thur-sat, sometimes sunday less likely). But this week I was feeling really tired and the schedule swapped. So today I woke up and typed some stories and articles for my mother and I to edit next week. My feature story is moving along slowly in the editing process, but I will have it ready before july! I don't want it sitting around in september. I want editors reading it by august. So it's alot to do and focus on but I must do it, if I don't I might just die of faliure and depression. So I'm going to get the edited files on my computer this weekend, then I'll work some more on them monday.

In submission news I'm sending my manuscript to DevoZine this weekend, deadline is in 4 days! SCREAM!!! But I have stamps and it shouldn't take long to get there so no worries. Becoming a professional writer is a very interesting adventure, I would say journey but it's such a... quiet word. So I'll say adventure.

But anyway back to what the subject is about, Gathering Days. The days you may feel like writing or don't, you just live and play and interact with your family. You gather what you might need for a story, a description, a song. Gathering Days and Pages, oh the most important tools for the creative person. They boost your creativity and knowledge, if not make it better. You'll know what pages are if you've read the Artist's Way all the way or some, or heard it from someone or book. They are what you write in the morning, on paper ( I've been using my computer since I lost my notebook) in long hand as fast as you can writing whatever comes to mind for three pages. That doesn't mean plan what you're going to write if your really feel like strangling your cat or brother for hurting you. It clears the cobwebs of your mind and lets in new ideas.

Wow this was a long post!