tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-127645 2012-01-25T17:09:06-05:00 Write For You: Inspiration. Information. Imagination. TypePad http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/flamocon.giftherealwriterhttp://feedburner.google.comThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834517bcc69e20163001e85b1970d 2012-01-25T17:09:06-05:00 2012-02-10T09:38:51-05:00 Chris I recently joined a website which I would categorize as a mix of online conference, peer critique, and matchmaking with agents and editors. Author Salon provides writers with the visibility and...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.therealwriter.com for inspiration, writing tips and exercises, the ebook, "The 30-Day Writing Challenge," and more! ]]http://www.therealwriter.com/my_weblog/2012/01/author-salon-where-writers-produce-publishable-work-and-where-agents-and-editors-find-them.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834517bcc69e20168e49a5831970c 2011-12-29T12:36:35-05:00 2011-12-29T15:10:12-05:00 Chris I'd like to share a quirky little ritual I do every New Year's Eve. I'm a writer so I'm imaginative. I love the symbolic and figurative. And this ritual is that! You need: - 15-30 minutes of...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.therealwriter.com for inspiration, writing tips and exercises, the ebook, "The 30-Day Writing Challenge," and more! ]]http://www.therealwriter.com/my_weblog/2011/12/whats-your-writing-life-or-writing-goal-theme-for-2012.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834517bcc69e20162fe19c911970d 2011-12-20T15:56:52-05:00 2011-12-20T15:58:11-05:00 Chris My new article in the "MFA My Way" series at JMWW: Writing the Wabi Sabi Way. Here's the beginning to get you started: I’ll give you a second to laugh over the title of this column. No, it’s not a...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.therealwriter.com for inspiration, writing tips and exercises, the ebook, "The 30-Day Writing Challenge," and more! ]]http://www.therealwriter.com/my_weblog/2011/12/my-new-article-in-the-mfa-my-way-series-at-jmww-writing-the-wabi-sabi-way-heres-the-beginning-to-get-you-started-ill.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834517bcc69e2015437bf171c970c 2011-12-02T16:38:03-05:00 2011-12-02T16:47:46-05:00 Chris As writers we love language. We love the sound and texture and rhythm of words fitted together. We get a visceral thrill, a little wordgasm, if you will, when we encounter the “best words in their...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.therealwriter.com for inspiration, writing tips and exercises, the ebook, "The 30-Day Writing Challenge," and more! ]]http://www.therealwriter.com/my_weblog/2011/12/greek-out-your-sentence-structure.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834517bcc69e2015437a31c2a970c 2011-11-30T16:26:56-05:00 2011-12-01T12:23:52-05:00 Chris Very happy to report that today I received a residency from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts! So excited to get away in the spring and focus on the revisions of the novel I've been working...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.therealwriter.com for inspiration, writing tips and exercises, the ebook, "The 30-Day Writing Challenge," and more! ]]http://www.therealwriter.com/my_weblog/2011/11/break-brake-for-writing-pays-off-in-a-residency.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834517bcc69e20162fc12305c970d 2011-11-01T16:14:33-04:00 2011-11-03T12:57:09-04:00 Chris Jane Austen House Museum, Chawton, Hampshire If you're a Jane Austen fan, check out my current blog project, inspired by her wonderful novel, Sense and Sensibility: 'Embarking on a Course of Study':...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.therealwriter.com for inspiration, writing tips and exercises, the ebook, "The 30-Day Writing Challenge," and more! ]]http://www.therealwriter.com/my_weblog/2011/11/my-jane-austen-project-embarking-on-a-course-of-study.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834517bcc69e201538faa4ed2970b 2011-07-05T12:17:01-04:00 2011-07-05T12:17:01-04:00 Chris I love this quote from her latest book, The Creative Life. So true! "It's better by far to be willing to change and improve a piece of work than to stubbornly insist on its genius."<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.therealwriter.com for inspiration, writing tips and exercises, the ebook, "The 30-Day Writing Challenge," and more! ]]http://www.therealwriter.com/my_weblog/2011/07/julia-cameron-quote.html