I know this is very short notice, but if anyone is interested in guest posting here for this week or early next week, email me.
My guest post needs:
*Provide a title
*250 – 500 words on pretty much anything writing related
*Short bio including your website link
I’d need it before 8pm Wednesday AEST. You can try emailing me your post after that, but I don’t promise to get back to you until after the conference.
AUSSIECON 4 – otherwise known as the 68th World Science Fiction Convention – is happening September 2nd – 6th, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia and I get to go!
Sure, I’ll be broke for the rest of 2010, but it should be worth it.
My awesomely awesome friend Nyssa and I were both bemoaning our ‘not enough money to go to con’ fates when a certain literary angel bestowed some funds upon Nyssa. Because of that, Nyssa was able to afford to fly from Sydney and go halfsies on a room with me in exchange for airport transport and a night’s stay at Casa de InkyBlots.
Like I said, it’s made things tight financially, but if I get just two silver tours from the con, then I’ll have covered what I spent.
Have I mentioned I’m a virtual book tour coordinator?
So, yes, a lot of the con will involve me with my professional face on, but I know I will have heaps of fun as well. And, of course, the writer in me is absolutely gaga at the prospect of spending so much time around authors, agents, other wannabe novelists and pure fans.
Is anyone else who reads this blog going?
I’m used to posting the calls for submissions, not putting out my own call. 
Anywho, I have a fun promotional opportunity for the new year. I’m working on a new blog called “Life in the First Draft” that focuses on – yep, you guessed it – anything and everything to do with the first draft. Be it making time to write, those funky little writer habits you have or just the fun things you have on your desk, I’m looking to create a comfortable hub for any and all aspiring writers. (And for established writers as well! We have to go back and face that first draft again and again…)
So, let’s get to the nitty gritty. What I’m looking for:
*One (to three) guest post/s in the range of 250 – 500 words – with a title, please
*Any pictures that correspond to your post (for example, if you decide to write a ‘my desk/my writing space’ guest post – take a picture of it!) .jpgs please
*A brief biography with a link to your website and/or blog
*A picture of you or your book cover
Easy peasy.
If you’d like to participate but are feeling a bit stuck for a topic(s)…
*Introduce us to your writing space (with pictures, hehe)
*How do you make yourself write when you don’t want to?
*Do you have a daily word count goal or do you go by some other measurement?
*How do you balance your ‘regular’ life with your writing life?
*Finding inspiration
*Anything on character, plot, setting, research, etc
*What has been going on in your mind before you sit down to write the first words of that first draft?
*Are you a ‘planner’ or a ‘pantser’ (outline or no outline)?
*Finally typing ‘The End’ on your first draft…
Please send all guest posts to jmfictionscribe (at) gmail (dot) com.
Dates will be scheduled in the order they come in, so it’s sort of a first come, first serve. When you email me, I will email you back with the ebook and the date you will appear at Life in the First Draft.
Cheers.
PS. The URL is: http://lifeinthefirstdraft.blogspot.com/
Evil head gnomes have crawled into my head and started hammering for as long as they can go. As everyone knows, evil head gnomes feed on others’ misery, so they don’t need to stop to eat. Thus, I get no reprieve.
Some of the gnomes have made their way into my sinuses, blocking them up with their special green goo. Other gnomes, bored by the sinuses and goo work, have made their way to my throat and are tromping around with their spiky.
There is a class of gnome that works with more intricate misery-making in the ear canals and throat glands. They work carefully to make these areas as sore as possible.
In light of this invasion, I probably won’t be posting until next week…
I’m used to posting the calls for submissions, not putting out my own call. Anywho, I have a fun promotional opportunity for the new year. I’m working on a new blog called “Life in the First Draft” that focuses on – yep, you guessed it – anything and everything to do with the first draft. Be it making time to write, those funky little writer habits you have or just the fun things you have on your desk, I’m looking to create a comfortable hub for any and all aspiring writers. (And for established writers as well! We have to go back and face that first draft again and again…)
So, let’s get to the nitty gritty. What I’m looking for:
*One (to three) guest post/s in the range of 250 – 500 words – with a title, please
*Any pictures that correspond to your post (for example, if you decide to write a ‘my desk/my writing space’ guest post – take a picture of it!) .jpgs please
*A brief biography with a link to your website and/or blog
*A picture of you or your book cover
Easy peasy.
If you’d like to participate but are feeling a bit stuck for a topic(s)…
*Introduce us to your writing space (with pictures, hehe)
*How do you make yourself write when you don’t want to?
*Do you have a daily word count goal or do you go by some other measurement?
*How do you balance your ‘regular’ life with your writing life?
*Finding inspiration
*Anything on character, plot, setting, research, etc
*What has been going on in your mind before you sit down to write the first words of that first draft?
*Are you a ‘planner’ or a ‘pantser’ (outline or no outline)?
*Finally typing ‘The End’ on your first draft…
Please send all guest posts to jmfictionscribe (at) gmail (dot) com.
Dates will be scheduled in the order they come in, so it’s sort of a first come, first serve. When you email me, I will email you back with the ebook and the date you will appear at Life in the First Draft.
Cheers.
PS. The URL is: http://lifeinthefirstdraft.blogspot.com/
I’m used to posting the calls for submissions, not putting out my own call. Anywho, I have a fun promotional opportunity for the new year. I’m working on a new blog called “Life in the First Draft” that focuses on – yep, you guessed it – anything and everything to do with the first draft. Be it making time to write, those funky little writer habits you have or just the fun things you have on your desk, I’m looking to create a comfortable hub for any and all aspiring writers. (And for established writers as well! We have to go back and face that first draft again and again…)
So, let’s get to the nitty gritty. What I’m looking for:
*One (to three) guest post/s in the range of 250 – 500 words – with a title, please
*Any pictures that correspond to your post (for example, if you decide to write a ‘my desk/my writing space’ guest post – take a picture of it!) .jpgs please
*A brief biography with a link to your website and/or blog
*A picture of you or your book cover
Easy peasy.
If you’d like to participate but are feeling a bit stuck for a topic(s)…
*Introduce us to your writing space (with pictures, hehe)
*How do you make yourself write when you don’t want to?
*Do you have a daily word count goal or do you go by some other measurement?
*How do you balance your ‘regular’ life with your writing life?
*Finding inspiration
*Anything on character, plot, setting, research, etc
*What has been going on in your mind before you sit down to write the first words of that first draft?
*Are you a ‘planner’ or a ‘pantser’ (outline or no outline)?
*Finally typing ‘The End’ on your first draft…
Please send all guest posts to jmfictionscribe (at) gmail (dot) com.
Dates will be scheduled in the order they come in, so it’s sort of a first come, first serve. When you email me, I will email you back with the ebook and the date you will appear at Life in the First Draft.
Cheers.
PS. The URL is: http://lifeinthefirstdraft.blogspot.com/
…it’ll be quiet for a while here. I should be back to regular, non-pre-scheduled posting next week.
I originally planned to put up the next edition of the blog carnival on April 5th. However, the lease on the unit I’m moving to starts on April 6th, which means I’m going to be busy sorting, packing, moving and unpacking for a while.
I’m rescheduling and plan on putting up the blog carnival on Monday, April 12th.
Unfortunately, the silly site won’t let me change the dates, so the deadline is still the same (last Friday of March).
Go here to submit your blog posts.
