NoVA writers--lots of opportunitites for Chicken Soup stories due between now and the end of January. They pay $200 and you keep all rights. For more, see...
The December meeting, a critique session, will be held at Tysons- Pimmitt Regional Library, 7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. If you are interested in...
Today I received an acceptance letter for a creative non-fiction story I submitted to Rosebud literary magazine. When I started seriously working on creative...
Am I as famous as David Baldacci or John Grisham? I don't think so, but it was nice seeing my name along with theirs in a recent article in the Fairfax,...
Greetings. I'll be moderating the critique session and look forward to seeing everyone (and your friends!) I'm asking all who are interested to send five pages...
Maud Hart Lovelace was a 20th century writer initially best known for her historical fiction and short stories. She and her husband, Delos (a newspaperman and...
Hi everyone, My name is Jason Devaney. Larry Buttram invited me to join this group; I work at the Fairfax County Times and wrote the story on David Baldacci...
Greetings! I am waiting for one person to resend a manuscript in a form I can open. When I receive it, I will send around the three manuscripts we will have...
Once critiquers have commented, is it appropriate for the author to ask follow-up questions? Like, "Do you think x could work?" "What if the main character y?"...
Sure thing. Let's figure five minutes at the end of each piece for interactivity. ... ask follow-up questions? Like, "Do you think x could work?" "What if the...
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Hi all. You all should be able to read and print but not edit these files. It would be helpful to have three volunteers to read... and authors, please let us...
Every now and then writers lament the demise of reading. It's a valid fear. We did it at our 2nd NoVa VWC meeting. I have some good news to consider next time...
As I mentioned at Sunday's meeting, I have started using the writing method called StoryMind. See http://storymind.com/ This site is run by Melanie Anne...
Hi all, good to see those of you who were able to make it yesterday. I would appreciate any ideas for the people you would like to see on the "Get Published in...
Thanks, Melanie! It takes courage/patience to moderate an inaugural critique session with new people. I would be interested in learning about: - the market for...
Hi all! Austin and I thought you might be interested in this upcoming event in our area: WIW Fiction Writing All-Day Seminar Sign Up Now for Saturday, February...
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HI All, I have placed my notes from the conference in our files. There may be a few pearls of wisdom. Some are from authors' agents' & publishers' general...
Hi, I was rather surprised to hear at the last meeting that the recommended word count for a chaptr is around 1,800 words or so, which is quite short. My...
Vince, I envy you. My problem is fleshing out chapters not paring down. I placed some old notes from the Maui Writers' Confernce up in the files. In that ...
Hi all. In general, while this can vary by genre, a first book ublished by an author these days rarely exceeds 80,000 words... and in some genres, 60,000 is...
June, oh, well, yeah. When my Muse doesn't show up, my chapters are about 3 sentences long. She showed up late Friday evening. I've been trying to keep up...
Melanie, I don't read much recent fiction. I've done word counts on books available from Project Gutenberg. 80,000-120,000 seems to be the range for older...
Reading what's being published today... say in the past five years... by first-time, non-celebrity authors is really important. It provides a window into what...
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