by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Happy Labor Day! It’s a day off from work, which means I have plenty of time to write, but I’ll probably laze around with Jim instead. Ahhhh. Week of August 30 – 12 pages
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Sep 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
Not only is this a really fun thing to do with words, it’s incredibly useful when writing a novel. To use Wordle, go to www.wordle.net and paste a chunk of text into the empty box. Wordle will create a word cloud with the words used most often appearing largest....
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
Monday writing update: Week of August 23: 10 pages + one freelance article three pages long It’s kind of nice to mix a little journalistic writing in with the purely creative. Reminds me to work through a logical sequence, to structure my writing around key...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
So, I’m afraid of heights. What I consider a healthy, normal fear. And I agreed to do a freelance article about Navitat–an organization that sends people flying through the treetops on a zipline. I was down for it, too, until I saw the photos of the 1200...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
Is a no. I was invited to send proposals to editor’s at two publishing houses. After two weeks and one day I got my first answer. “I think your idea has merit, but your writing needs to be strengthened.” She then recommended some freelance editors...
by Sarah Loudin Thomas | Aug 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
A much better week for writing. I’m doing a better of job of sticking to my plan to be writing by 8 p.m. each evening. Then I write until I reach a natural stopping point. Or, on Mondays, until The Closer comes on : ) Week of August 16 – 12...
