Pam Parker's Blog – October 2011 Archive (10)

Creativity Bloodsuckers!!!

Who or what do you let sink their fangs into your creative energy? Time to kill the vampires!

http://www.pamwrites.net/2011/10/31/creativity-blood-suckers-die-vampire-die/

Added by Pam Parker on October 31, 2011 at 4:32am — No Comments

Prolific author Steve Almond interviewed

Prolific author Steve Almond is on tour for his new short story collection, God Bless America. I had the chance to interview him on many things, including balancing working and promoting. http://www.pamwrites.net/2011/10/26/steve-almond-balancing-acts/

Added by Pam Parker on October 26, 2011 at 11:53am — No Comments

Afraid of reading your work in public?

In addition to fear of submitting, fear of rejection, fear of failure, some writers also fear reading their work aloud in public. How to get over it? Find ways to do it and practice.

http://www.pamwrites.net/2011/10/20/putting-it-out-there/

Added by Pam Parker on October 20, 2011 at 7:26am — No Comments

Dreams - Nighttime Screenplays

The idea for Frankenstein came to Mary Shelley in a dream. Do you use your dreams for writing inspiration?

http://www.pamwrites.net/2011/10/19/dreams-nightime-screenplays/

Added by Pam Parker on October 19, 2011 at 8:08am — No Comments

Perfectionist? Don't let fear of failure silence your writing voice!

Mistakes can teach us, but only if we make them and if we let them.

http://www.pamwrites.net/2011/10/14/execute-fear-of-failure-mine-your-mistakes/

Added by Pam Parker on October 14, 2011 at 6:46am — No Comments

Where is the "true ground of all fiction"?

I've been stumped by a layer I need to add in my second novel -- due to empathy, or a seeming lack thereof.

http://www.pamwrites.net/2011/10/12/true-ground-of-all-fiction/

Added by Pam Parker on October 12, 2011 at 8:03am — No Comments

Bookworms - small sips or long swallows?

http://www.pamwrites.net/2011/10/10/small-sips-or-long-swallows/

Added by Pam Parker on October 10, 2011 at 9:39am — No Comments

Worried about the Writing Police?

A Philip Roth quote got me thinking about the writing police. Do you ever worry about them?

http://www.pamwrites.net/2011/10/07/worried-about-the-writing-police/

Added by Pam Parker on October 7, 2011 at 12:45pm — No Comments

The Ipods are Weeping

Did Steve Jobs have an effect on your life and world?

http://www.pamwrites.net/2011/10/06/the-ipods-are-weeping/

Added by Pam Parker on October 6, 2011 at 8:52am — No Comments

Larry Watson, author of Montana, 1948, on Writing

Larry Watson has a new book out, American Boy. At a recent book launch in Milwaukee, he discussed his thoughts on the writing process, research and the hardest part, for him, of writing.

http://www.pamwrites.net/2011/10/03/larry-watson-on-writing/

Added by Pam Parker on October 3, 2011 at 10:54am — No Comments

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