On the Use of Jargon
Let me just jump in with one last minute extra for the year on the ongoing topic in my blog about the editing and publishing professional...
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Sylvia Woodham
Dec 30, 20216 min read
Holiday 2021 Edition
Let's start with a year review! First, we have reached two years of this pandemic, and while the first half of the year was isolation...
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Sylvia Woodham
Dec 3, 20214 min read
Fall Contest Short Story: About
Do you like my new website design changes? I tried to make it easier to read. My post today is about a short story that's not published...
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Sylvia Woodham
Nov 27, 20213 min read
Mythical Editors and Where To Find Them: Actually Learning Omniscient POV.
This is you: you get critiques back from groups or editors who tell you that you shifted pov in a scene, and try to drive you into close...
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Sylvia Woodham
Nov 26, 20214 min read
Writing and Life: The Payoff
Not sure how to begin this post comparing other areas of life with my writing life. In writing, I have been struggling to find support,...
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Sylvia Woodham
Nov 19, 20217 min read
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do... With Your Editor
For the past year I found an editor who was helping coach me on the question of how do I even start to revise a novel? I've shared...
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Sylvia Woodham
Nov 13, 20215 min read
Contest Entries and Finding My People
This past month has felt like these are two of the most challenging areas facing me right now as a writer. This touches on a few dynamics...
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Sylvia Woodham
Oct 2, 20214 min read
October! In Person Writing Meetup and more....
October is here! (and the best news is that no lockdown is in sight) September was big with the expected and unexpected publication of my...
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Sylvia Woodham
Sep 18, 20213 min read
New Short Story Publication: Bodies of Women
This was my first story to be accepted, and there has been much anticipation awaiting it's final release date. The people who have helped...
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Sylvia Woodham
Sep 11, 20214 min read
Announcing First Short Story Publication: Erasure
*May Contain Spoilers* I am very excited to announce this weekend the publication of my first short story. While it was the second story...
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Sylvia Woodham
Sep 4, 20218 min read
On How to Search for the "Right" Agent
Let me begin by saying I do not have an agent, so I have not found the right agent yet, but I wanted to share my perspectives to date on...
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Sylvia Woodham
Aug 24, 20214 min read
On the Sad State of Literary Critique
This ties into my experiences with the community of editors while searching for support to edit my novel, together with the critiques...
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Sylvia Woodham
Aug 15, 20217 min read
Summer Update: Short Story Submissions
Many of us writers are sending out pieces of work, short or long, for submission for publication. I am sure many writers can relate to...
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Sylvia Woodham
May 23, 20217 min read
Story Behind the Story
Since my short story this week is so... short. There are not really excerpts I can share. My inspiration came from the most recent...
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Sylvia Woodham
May 21, 20213 min read
Short story week: Recommendations included
Last week we had a short story club - the selection was the magnificent C.L. Clark's short which has been nominated for awards recently....
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Sylvia Woodham
May 9, 20212 min read
On Timing: Revision Examples
Timing. Lining that up is a big plot point right? Where plot holes can occur. What techniques do you use to line it up? I will share some...
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Sylvia Woodham
May 4, 20211 min read
Today's MicroFiction
The chemistry was so fluid between him and her sister, why was it taking him so long to ask her out on a date? Was there something...
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Sylvia Woodham
Apr 17, 20213 min read
Bisexual Women Representation in Fiction: Pitch Season Edition
This week pitching season on Twitter began, and I was horrified. Let me back up. A few weeks ago we had a panel on LGBTQ representation,...
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Sylvia Woodham
Mar 20, 20214 min read
On Writing Yourself Into Corners: Battles
I have noticed that I have a tendency to make decisions with my writing that boxes me into corners in very unpredictable ways. On the one...
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Sylvia Woodham
Mar 14, 20213 min read
How it's Going: Revisions
How it started: picture of the Road Runner How it's going: Picture of a sloth. I finished my first draft in May roaring to start...
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