I’m NOT going to mention title or author because she’s indie (and probably very young or uneducated), but I stumbled upon a free read that deserved 1 star for grammar/style/formatting and 3 for story. So I’m not going to mention who suggested it either, but other reviews went from 1 to 5 stars – which [...]
All posts tagged editing
editing rambling
Posted by Barb on July 12, 2011
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/editing-rambling/
self-editing
True that I’m a fantasy writer, but the title of the post first came out as “elf-editing”. No, I don’t have elves editing my manuscripts, unfortunately. Anyhow, as I’m still working on the manuscript of BoI – Fire that I plan to upload this weekend on Smashwords and Kindle, I thought I’d share some updates [...]
Posted by Barb on June 9, 2011
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/self-editing/
Guest post – Melissa Wright
Ahem, well, today I should be guest posting over at Melissa‘s and she’s here… I might not be on over there yet (you know those time zones? If you’re in Australia and Europe it might be a little early to check) but if you’re in North America, hop there and check what I have to [...]
Posted by Barb on May 26, 2011
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/guest-post-melissa-wright/
Letter of intent
I’ve been wondering what is success as a writer for me. After a year of blogging, I probably changed my mind a hundred times about what I wanted from my writing! so I’ll try to write my letter of intent like Smander suggested and did. Dear Reader My name is Barbara (a.k.a. Barb) and I’m [...]
Posted by Barb on October 7, 2010
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/letter-of-intent/
Story Wednesday
Yes, it’s Story Wednesday, but before you hop off to Serial Central, please check Nathan Bransford’s post on dreams and expectations. I’ve been thinking about what I want from my writing myself, lately, suffering from slight writer burnout because of all these contrasting things on the internet that temporarily confused me. I believe there’s an [...]
Posted by Barb on September 22, 2010
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/story-wednesday-5/
writers & editors
Because I still have limited internet access, I’m “recycling” old posts of the first month of this blog – I’m guessing it will be something new for all of us. The first comments were on November 28, 2009 (thanks to the Australian ladies Cassandra & Prue + Sevvy – where are you?) and these are [...]
Posted by Barb on September 2, 2010
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/writers-editors/
Ghost editors
Sometimes I wonder why I decided to write in English. I love the language, and the short or composite words, but maybe my culture is Italian after all, so I do sound weird to native speakers. I’m told I make less mistakes than some native speakers (which I noticed myself when I tried to co-write [...]
Posted by Barb on November 21, 2009
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/ghost-editors/
editing & writing
There are times in my life when I feel everything I’ve written is rubbish. The editor sets in and starts poking (“why did you write this? This story sucks!”) and the writer/narrator only wants t0 run away and cry. Ever felt that way? You finish your short story or novel and think it’s the best [...]
Posted by Barb on November 4, 2009
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/editing-writing/
writers groups
I’ve tried with my Italian friends to set up monthly meetings to write or share writings, but to no avail. Then in 2005 during a trip to Iceland, I met this American woman married to an Italian and living in Rome, who introduced me to her writers group. She hasn’t come to the meetings since [...]
Posted by Barb on October 27, 2009
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/writers-groups/
My name is Barb, and I'm a writer, sometimes an artist, mostly a world-creator and storyteller of fantasy worlds. I have more than one pen-name and write in more than one genre.
I blog about life, the universe... OK, you can guess I'm a writer, but not Douglas Adams, so I'll leave the Hitchhiker's Guide aside. And no, I'm not going to spam you by only rambling about my books - if you're interested, just go to the dedicated pages, thank you.
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