Monthly Archives: July 2011

From Crafting to Editing and Back Again

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

Drafting, crafting, polishing, and editing are writing tasks that do not move in a straight line.  I am currently working on two longer, more complicated short stories than I usually try to complete.  One is the unplanned novella I mentioned … Continue reading →

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Review: The Paper Menagerie

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

The Paper Menagerie is a short story written by Ken Liu and published in the March/April edition of Fantasy & ScienceFiction. This short story is only subtly a fantasy, though sufficiently so to merit its inclusion in this magazine.  The … Continue reading →

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Brainstorming — Stage 1 of Outlining

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

Ideas come.  They can start out big.  They can start out small.  They can start with a character, a plot point, a setting, a theme, or just about anything else that strikes your fancy.  But, wherever they start, this initial … Continue reading →

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Two Novels

Posted on July 23, 2011 by

As a novelist, my skill is still undeveloped.  Currently, I am working on two different novels.  One will be the first book in a serial, and is not intended to be the first book that is completed.  The second is … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 20, 2011 by

Metaversal is a poem written by Sophie M. White and published in the March/April edition of Fantasy & ScienceFiction. This poem briefly reiterates its concept of alternate universes in each stanza, and follows up with short, poignant images possible points … Continue reading →

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Getting It Down

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

Sometimes writing is easy.  The story just flows, even in dramatic detail.  Words flow from our brains to our fingers, and then onto the screen.  It’s like the muse is sitting with us, or in us, writing through us.  The … Continue reading →

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Crafting the Novella?

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

I have been working on a short story that grew into a novella.  While I’ve worked on novels and I’ve worked on short stories, the novella—this length somewhere in between—feels rather foreign to me.  The story is too long to … Continue reading →

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