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Halfway there! And still livin’ on a prayer

on October 5th, 2010 by Shannon

I know I’m late to the party, but I just came across an interesting statistic – the average writer will write 1 million words before they are published. 1 million. Just out of curiosity, I decided to see how I matched up, seven and a half years into this crazy dream of mine – that [...]

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Writing Lessons

on May 16th, 2010 by Shannon

This is a post that will appeal to no one except the writers in the group. In other words, no one. But if that intrigues you,  read on. I’m working on a short story. I’m calling it a cross between Northern Exposure and Nero Wolfe. Which sets some impossibly high standards, but I’ve always been ignorant of [...]

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Rocks in my garden

on April 17th, 2010 by Shannon

I have not posted in quite a while, which I’m sure bothers no one but my mother. While I haven’t been writing here, I have been writing. At the beginning of the year, in an effort to improve my skills, I signed up for a great short story workshop over at Toasted Cheese Literary Journal. [...]

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