Week In Review: October 1st

In Case You Missed it, here’s the round up of all of my latest content, plus updates from old guests!

Read on if you want to know more.

If not? See you next week with more writing tips and writerly musings.

Coming up this week:

On Youtube: I’ll be back for the weekly livestream on Sunday! Come hang out and join the productivity sprints from 4:30-6:30pm EDT.

Plus, you can find The Query Helpline with Patrick Hopkins, hosted by me most Wednesday nights from 9:30pm-Midnight ET. Plus, pop-ups when we have time.

On Twitch: Both of of the livestreams are also available on my twitch channel!.

Content Around The Web:

On Youtube:

• 5 Ways Stronger Verbs Can Improve Your Writing – Everyone talks about the importance of “strong verbs”, and Stephen King is infamously quoted as recommending getting rid of your adverbs. So, let’s do a quick grammar refresher and see exactly how to do this for your writing.

• The Query Hotline with Patrick Hopkins: Hosted by Morgan Hazelwood – My friend Patrick and I were back, rewriting other people’s queries. He’s got success rates to back him up, I’ve got enthusiasm and the claim of having inspired him. We livestreamd from 9:30pm EDT Wednesday night.

On the Podcast “Writing Tips and Writerly Musings”:

• My 5 Biggest Misconceptions About Submitting Short Stories – Submitting short stories is a LOT different than querying a novel — even if you’re looking for so-called traditional publishing.

On The Blog (In Case You Missed It):

• 5 Ways Stronger Verbs Can Improve Your Writing – Everyone talks about the importance of “strong verbs”, and Stephen King is infamously quoted as recommending getting rid of your adverbs. So, let’s do a quick grammar refresher and see exactly how to do this for your writing.
• Author Spotlight Guest: A.J. Super – A creator of universes, a destroyer of worlds, a leader of fanatics, a killer of men, a healer, a composer, a magician… A WRITER. Sharing writing tips and writerly musings.

Events:

Might swing through the small, regional literary con: CapClave this weekend.

What I’ve Been Reading:

Seanan McGuire’s September patreon story? Does that count?

New Works By Previous Guests

A new collection from A. F. Stewart: Poetry of Monsters and Madness was released October 1st.

From the darkness and the shadows

From the lunacy and the void

The words flow on moonlight and mayhem, slithering tentacles along the night. Follow the siren song of myth and monstrosity, the shrieking call of creatures wild and terrifying. Wander down the mind’s mania as it leads you past reality into disturbing delusion.

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Picture(s) of the Week

Catticus loves to stalk from under the flaps of a box! The breakfast shakes are keeping the box from sliding so much.