http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ writing about writing en Vox Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:01:04 -0400 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/hch-preorder-available.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/hch-preorder-available.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/hch-preorder-available.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:01:04 -0400 I haven't written in my writing blog since May? Holy crepes. Anyway... Harlan County Horrors is available for preorder. If you spread that fact, you can win some cool Harlan County stuff, like a copy of the excellent documentary "Harlan County U... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/hch-preorder-available.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d011016c46003860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> harlan county horrors http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/whats-wrong-with-me.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/whats-wrong-with-me.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/whats-wrong-with-me.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 16 May 2009 16:51:18 -0400 Well, you want it alphabetically or in order of importance? Specifically, this is how it is: I was just making a spreadsheet to help me keep track of my WS queries. I sent what I thought were "a bunch" on Sunday. Turns out I sent six. But I put ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/whats-wrong-with-me.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d01101605b27a860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> ws rfm querying http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/harlan-county-horrors-available-for-preorder.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/harlan-county-horrors-available-for-preorder.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/harlan-county-horrors-available-for-preorder.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 13 May 2009 09:43:14 -0400 Source Harlan County Horrors is a regional based horror anthology edited by Apex Magazine submissions editor Mari Adkins. It will feature stories by Alethea Kontis, Debbie Kuhn, Earl Dean, Geoffrey Girard, Jason Sizemore, Jeremy Shipp, Maurice Br... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/harlan-county-horrors-available-for-preorder.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d011017c42cb3860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> anthology harlan county horrors http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/ws-word-cloud.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/ws-word-cloud.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/ws-word-cloud.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 01 May 2009 16:36:46 -0400 I made a Wordle of the whole WS ms. Vox doesn't like HTML markup so I have to link. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/ws-word-cloud.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d01101643d155860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> ws wordle http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/genesis.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/genesis.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/genesis.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:59:40 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22529f4698e1d01101818aec7860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22529f4698e1d01101818aec7860f-50si" alt="Whited Sepulchers - Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award entry" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> People have asked me a lot over the last couple of months if I'm nervous or anxious about the contest. Sometimes I have gotten anxious. Right now I'm trying to channel that anxiety into reading mss for friends and working on Nine. If you think ab... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/genesis.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d011015fb9dda860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction process ws backstory http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/publishers-weekly-review-is-in.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/publishers-weekly-review-is-in.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/publishers-weekly-review-is-in.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:27:50 -0400 The Publisher's Weekly review of my novel (not just the excerpt) has been posted: From Publishers Weekly Every town has skeletons lining its closets, and Blooming Tree, Ga., is no exception. Set in the 1930s, this novel examines the dark past pur... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/publishers-weekly-review-is-in.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d0110181a5cbb860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> review ws abna http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/soundtrack-of-their-lives.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/soundtrack-of-their-lives.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/soundtrack-of-their-lives.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:03:03 -0400 People talk about having playlists while they write or songs that make a soundtrack of a certain book. WS doesn't have a soundtrack. I used a lot of classical music while I wrote WS b/c I like to use period music and when I wrote the early drafts,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/soundtrack-of-their-lives.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d0110163f6a60860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music inspiration nine ws rfm http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/teaser-tuesday-excerpt.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/teaser-tuesday-excerpt.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/teaser-tuesday-excerpt.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:48:38 -0400 Today's Teaser Tuesday excerpt is from "Inheritance," the short story that's being published in the upcoming anthology Harlan County Horrors. This is the opening: The kitchen reeked of lilies and Jania's diaper. I scrubbed Becca's lasagna pan w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/teaser-tuesday-excerpt.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d011015fa458b860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> anthology horror fiction teaser tuesday http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/semi-finalist.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/semi-finalist.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/semi-finalist.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:49:48 -0400 I'm an ABNA semi-finalist! I think that warrants an exclamation point. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/semi-finalist.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d011017ba7997860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> abna http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/five-mss-i-would-want-to-get-samples-of.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/five-mss-i-would-want-to-get-samples-of.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/five-mss-i-would-want-to-get-samples-of.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:49:02 -0400 Well I didn't properly participate in Nathan Bransford's "Agent For A Day" but these are the ones I would request: #10 #20 #33 #36 #48 *rereads rules* Actually I guess I have a week to reply to everyone. Most would be getting a standard rejecti... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/five-mss-i-would-want-to-get-samples-of.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d011017ba1542860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> submissions agent for a day