I have just submitted my first work of fiction in over 20 years. The amount of nervous excitement is making it hard to focus on my day job. (Also the knowledge that my chances of being accepted are incredibly slim, but even getting back out in the market is exciting!)
With NaNoWriMo coming up I’ve been thinking about what I should write and realized that I’ve been very bad about posting. So in an act of shameless self-promotion. Here are links to the 2 non-fiction books I have published and the 1 that is due to be published next year. Continue reading Oh Yeah, By the Way
A short piece assigned in the workshop I’m currently taking. “ick a story which has clearly identified hero/ine’s and villains. Write a scene in which the readers get to see the situation from the villain’s point of view.” I chose to write about Dr. Facilier from Disney’s Princess and the Frog.
The boy sat in the shadows at the back of the store. He worked quietly at a low bench sewing small dolls and their clothes. A woman in a caftan and turban kept looking back at him. Her worried expression made her already aged face look even older. The rattle of the old door being wrested opened drew her attention. Her shoulders sagged and her eyes closed as if she could block out the site before her. A tall Creole man stood in her doorway; distaste on his handsome features. He made a show of reluctantly stepping into the small storefront. Sneering at the dried herbs, animal parts, Continue reading Writer’s Workshop “Villian’s Vignette”
Hello, World… That is how these things always start, right? From the beginning of the internet (our new version of Time Immemorial?) at least things start with a greeting to the world. I am starting this new blog as a place to keep my writing “stuff” thoughts ideas/posts. Any events or research I might be doing and just a place to throw the jumble of stuff. I know it will be confusing, but so am I. Maybe, one day, it will all make sense, but until then at least it will be in one place.
Cathy McManus 