Category Archives: writing

Writing Marathons

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

I’ve learned three things from writing marathons: 1. I can trust my basic prose level to sound okay on first draft, without me paying too much attention to it as it flows out. I need to save my concentration for … Continue reading →

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A Weird Dislike

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

It’s very weird and pointless, I know, but I have an aversion to the phrase multi-published. I understand what it means. It means you sold more than one story, or one book, and had it published. It’s usually used to … Continue reading →

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How to Write – Linkgasm #4

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

I visited Lauren Dane’s blog yesterday for Writerly Wednesday, to talk about Dialog Tricks. Also, Great War Fiction, one of my favorite blogs, reviewed The Moonlight Mistress yesterday! Here’s the link. It’s so cool to be meandering about, reading your … Continue reading →

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Write Your Bliss

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

You can have all the craft in the world but your writing won’t sing if you’re not writing your bliss, your joy, the one thing you love more than anything else in the world.It’s no good to say, “vampire novels … Continue reading →

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Art has a shape.

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

“One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape; they have beginnings, middles, and endings. Whereas in life, things just drift along. In life, somebody has a cold, and you treat it as … Continue reading →

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What Happens in the Reader’s Mind

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

“A writer’s talking about what he or she is capable of, like a writer’s talking about the worth of his or her own work, is a pretty good way for that writer to start sounding like a pompous poseur. Above … Continue reading →

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Origin Stories – Katrina Williams

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Katrina Williams! # I began to write seriously in the tenth grade, but like all teenagers, would have benefited from looking up “seriously” in the dictionary, despite using the word on a frequent basis. I was … Continue reading →

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Origin Stories – Cate Hart

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Cate Hart! # So I’ll start at the beginning. My mom read to me every night. As a teacher, reading has always been a very important part of her life. When I could read to myself, … Continue reading →

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Origin Stories – Nell Dixon

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Nell Dixon! # Victoria’s kind invitation to write a piece for her blog about my writing journey sounded really simple. Then I realised it was going to be difficult to choose which aspect of my road … Continue reading →

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Origin Stories – Mima

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Mima! # Out of the Black by Mima In the fall of 2005, my husband dared me to stop writing scenes and openings in my pretty journals. He dared me to stop bitching about the books … Continue reading →

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