LLF Retreat, Day 7: Internet Stalking, Santa Monica, and Wilson Phillips
Day 7 contained a great discussion about querying/the business of publishing, a mild sunburn, and a perilous walk along a freeway access road. Since our …
writing
LLF Retreat, Day 6: Playing Hooky
Some sort of magic happened on Day 5, and by Day 6 of the retreat our cohort turned into a family. The final morning of …
LLF Retreat, Day 5: The Loss of My Reading Virginity
On Day 5 of the writing retreat, I FINALLY GOT MY COMPUTER BACK! As it turns out, the problem was simply that the trackpad had …
LLF Retreat, Day 3: Unicorn in the Bushes
Day 3 was our first day of critiques. In an act of imbecilic self-sacrifice prior to the retreat, I offered to go first. Some method …
LLF Retreat, Day 2: Worlds, Revision, and Digital Vomit
I forgot to mention that after the welcome on Sunday night (Day 1) we had brief meetings with our workshop groups. Malinda went over her …
LLF Retreat, Day 1: Disasterville
Well, the first day of my writing retreat did not go quite as planned. I had a wonderful morning on an impromptu driving tour of …
Onward to Los Angeles!
So I’m sitting in the airport right now, waiting to board my flight to Los Angeles for the Lambda Literary Foundation retreat. This past week …
LLF Retreat Homework: The Dreaded Synopsis
The sick thing about receiving homework after being out of school for eons is that it’s actually rather exciting. Last week, our mentor for the …
Leveraging Misutilized Words: Leverage
Fact: leverage is not a verb. Merely typing it as such for the title of this blog series makes my eye twitch. Saying that you …
The Aural Art of Writing
In undergrad, I approached the English department much in the way one would approach a decrepit van with “free candy” spray painted on the side, which …