http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ writing about writing en Vox Fri, 16 May 2008 10:49:50 -0400 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/acceptance-rejection-and-an-article.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/acceptance-rejection-and-an-article.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/acceptance-rejection-and-an-article.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 16 May 2008 10:49:50 -0400 Congratulations, your story ["Nine"] was indeed one of the most interesting and dark we have read in a long while. It makes one ponder on current issues as well as classic mystery stories. Please allow us to give you second place and our congrat... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/acceptance-rejection-and-an-article.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d00fad68861840004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> rejection acceptance toasted cheese http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/update-on-queries-subs-oh-my.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/update-on-queries-subs-oh-my.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/update-on-queries-subs-oh-my.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 15 May 2008 12:11:04 -0400 Thought it was time for an update on queries. Dream Agent #2 passed. Oh well. I have to stop calling people "Dream Agents." I did some more research last night and found another agency that feels like a perfect fit. I made a list of "try" agents, ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/update-on-queries-subs-oh-my.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d00fad68818340004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> submissions querying http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/poetic.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/poetic.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/poetic.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 10 May 2008 16:03:04 -0400 There's a knitting magazine I like that has a blog (updated daily, usually with a pattern or tip). Last month they had a contest: use their magnetic poetry kit to create a poem. Second place was a subscription to the magazine, which I aimed for. I... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/poetic.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d00f48cf6bf5a0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> poetry contest rejection to-do toasted cheese http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/new-contest-open-at-tc.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/new-contest-open-at-tc.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/new-contest-open-at-tc.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 02 May 2008 00:23:41 -0400 A Midsummer Tale is a creative non-fiction contest. We are looking for non-fiction stories told using fiction techniques. This means characters, dialogue, and some semblance of a plot are musts. Please, no essays or articles. Details, including... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/new-contest-open-at-tc.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d00e398f58dc90004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> contest cnf http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/coming-together.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/coming-together.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/coming-together.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:38:18 -0400 Literary fiction gets kinky "For a first novel, what do you have other than the cover? No one has heard of me," [Melanie Abrams] said two days later over coffee at a shop near her childhood home in Woodland Hills. Eight months pregnant, Abrams wo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/coming-together.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d00f48cf2d1910002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> erotica lit fic http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/update-on-querying.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/update-on-querying.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/update-on-querying.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:25:10 -0400 Remember Dream Agent? Dream Agent fell off the face of the earth. To be truthful, it wasn't so much Dream Agent and Dream Agency but for clarity here, that's the term I used. So since my second follow-up e-mail went unanswered, I decided I had no... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/update-on-querying.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d00e398f1bf930005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> querying http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/literary.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/literary.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/literary.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:55:51 -0400 However, Simmons says that great writing, on its own, isn't a selling point for publishers. "You can sell a good story, but you can't sell great writing," he says. "It's the kiss of death to put the label 'literary' on something." Source As the ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/literary.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d00e398f0608e0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> lit fic http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/devouring-not-included.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/devouring-not-included.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/devouring-not-included.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:51:45 -0400 I'm working on this story for the Apex anthology and I'll need to out my monster: he's a variation on chiang-shih, which is a Chinese vampire. So Mari e-mails today & says: I need everyone to turn in a plot synopsis by September 15th. This is ju... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/devouring-not-included.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d00f48cee2ca40002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> research apex http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/currently-reading.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/currently-reading.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/currently-reading.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:12:56 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22529f4698e1d00f48cec0f2a0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22529f4698e1d00f48cec0f2a0003-50si" alt="Why I&#39;m Like This: True Stories (P.S.)" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/currently-reading.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d00f48d0ab8f00001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> reading http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/horror-has-a-name.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Stephanie) http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/horror-has-a-name.html?_c=feed-rss http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/horror-has-a-name.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:15:55 -0400 I finished the first draft of a story for the Apex anthology Mari invited me to write for. I grabbed a copy of the latest Apex from my local B&N and haven't read it yet. I need to know if I'm going to have to shoehorn some SF into this story. I th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://piggyhawk.vox.com/library/post/horror-has-a-name.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529f4698e1d00e398ed52330005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fiction horror rejection to-do apex