Around the Internet

Catching up with some stuff on the Internet…

Julie Rose has her interview with Mark Teppo up at Writers and Their Soundtracks. It’s a mighty fine interview, given by someone who actually thought about their questions. Darned that Mark Teppo! Makes me want to raise my intellectual bar. Or something.

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I mentioned this before, but now it’s time to get down to brass tacks. Members of our creative group have formed a blog called Las Habladoras. The name comes from Spanish, and it means the chatty ones. I’ll try to update you when our group posts something, but let me tell you about our cast of posters.

Jenn Racek: Jenn will be talking about writing education, tools and tips, a particular passion of hers.

Yolanda Joosten: Yo is going to be focusing on character development and humorous stories from her work as a lawyer.

Cat Horsfield: Our resident artist will be talking about her artwork, both finished and in progress.

Julie Rose: Julie is currently thinking about her angle, but in the past she’s done interviews, vocabulary, and mythic information, so I expect something similarly caliber. We all owe Julie for setting up the site (*bows* we’re not worthy!)

Catherine Schaff-Stump: Serializing a Victorian action adventure novel, first in writing, and then via podcast.

We’re planning on posting, each of us, once a week, and we hope that you’ll stop by.

Speaking of posting once a week, I’d better do something about that.

Catherine

Originally published at Writer Tamago. You can comment here or there.

This Week at Las Habladoras

(actually, this is the I’ve been in Japan, catch up version, and encompasses more than one week!)

The prologue to my Victorian Action adventure novel Blood is Thicker than Water is now live.

Cat posts her 4 Seasons pictures!

Jenn talks about I Should Be Writing, Mur Lafferty’s podcast, Scrivener, and Self Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King.

Yo discusses amusement at the office, and well, naked defense.

Go on over! Here!

Catherine

Originally published at Writer Tamago. You can comment here or there.

Writing Workshops

I’m thinking about writing workshops. I’m thinking about applying for Viable Paradise in 2009, provided I can get some material together after I’ve written Hulk Hercules. I think, if I were accepted, I could get the college to cover the majority of Viable Paradise.

I think about the idea of joining a writing group, but I think that to some extent it would get in the way of my writing time, so I think maybe that’s not my best idea while I am day job writer(TM).

Another thing I would be interested in is a writer’s retreat. There’s this really interesting workshop called Blue Heaven that would be a good model for one. Again, it would be good to write first, and organize later. So no, I can’t plan a workshop. Stop it!

I’ll just think about Viable Paradise, then, and try to take some anti-inflammation medicine for my Type A gland, which is trying to swell into the time I’ve carefully carved out for writing.

Can anyone weigh in on Viable Paradise, or Clarion West, or Blue Heaven? What do you think of these kinds of workshops? Have you found them useful as writers? I haven’t been in a writing workshop since 1987 during graduate school, so I’m a bit rusty!

Catherine

Originally published at Writer Tamago. You can comment here or there.