I’m thinking … I’ve had several emails and comments about yesterday’s posting – some people agreeing, others wondering how the hell you stop yourself becoming a compulsive ‘polisher’. I know why I think it’s a bad idea for writers to spend so little time writing and so much time editing, revising and polishing, but I’m […]

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If you want to be a writer … Write. I’m getting very pissed off with a certain kind of behaviour in some of the writers I come into contact with, and I blame two things: the garrett myth and the Creative Writing degree. The first says we have to suffer for decades over our art […]

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Nothing is ever wasted … A few years ago, when we were very strapped for cash, I did some mystery shopping work in airports. It was horrible – there’s nothing like spending a whole day in the artificial light, air and mood of a departure lounge to make you feel as if you’re not quite […]

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How much can you like somebody you’ve never met? No, it’s not an internet dating question (although it could be) it’s a question about the weird, intense, often painful world of writing and editing as it is done, often nowadays, via the Internet. One thing you start to notice about editors is they can be […]

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Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me … You can’t get a nicer present than a positive review, and Storyglossia has said good things about ‘Titties’ which appeared this week in Carve. In other news, I’m going to be running Alicia Gifford’s interview on Thursday, so if you’ve ever wondered what it takes to […]

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A new role … The Her Circle Ezine staff is entirely volunteer. From locations around the United States and abroad, this small collective of talented individuals work to breathe life into this publication.misty k. ericson | founding editorBorn and raised in the Metro Detroit area, Misty began writing fiction and poetry as a child and […]

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Short Trumpet Voluntary (blown by myself, of course!) My ultra-short story, Blending In, has just been published by Bleeding Quill, an intriguing small publication with a very clear manifesto. Frank Ard, the editor there, has been very easy to work with – and I can’t wait for my copy to arrive, as the biographies of […]

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Friday Fun … Thanks to my inestimably good friend Steve Kane for putting me onto this piece of inspired lunacy. Pastiche, done well, can be more than fun; it shows the bones of language through the flesh of subject matter – and here, the combination of language and subject is about as unlikely as you […]

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