Words by Jocelyn Actual
Don't leave.
Run.
This year will be different. No, really. I made a list and everything. This post is part of my commitment to transparency1 and accountability. Below are five writing resolutions I er...resolved to follow. Read on for inspiration or to find out how you can help.
Resolution 1: Hide the bottles. Rather than wheeling around my dropbox like a drunkard, I have moved all the projects that are slated for 2012 completion into one folder. Other projects and half-finished
I don’t know what you think writing is like. I don’t invite the Muse in for tea, pour an extra cup, and let the words she whispers flow in silver rivulets onto the page, where a story slowly grows like a vine, until it bursts into the blossom of a draft.
The Muse hardly ever fucking calls me. Instead I drink alone, fretting over half completed limbs, loose hands and arms I grabbed just cause they looked good
The folks over at Erstwhile Tales have been putting together graphic novel interpretations of some of the lesser known Grimm fairy tales. Only four are up so far, but each one is charmingly done…whimsical but not bowdlerized. My favorite is Maid Maleen, which was also the inspiration for Shannon Hale's excellent Book of a Thousand Days. Check it out.
Disclaimer: Do not pay for The Limit with a credit card. You'll just feel silly afterwards. The Limit was published in 2010, but a paperback edition just came out in December.
In the near future, America has instituted some strict new policies concerning family debt. If a family exceeds its debt limit, any children over 13 years old can be taken to a workhouse until their credit is restored. When this very thing happens to our protagonist, Matt, he discovers