Welcome to the new home of Jen’s Writing Journey, the blog that chronicles Jennifer Roland’s writing life and provides useful information for new and seasoned writers. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or my email updates or follow me on Twitter. Thanks for visiting!Ah, another month draws to [...]
Entries from July 31st, 2009
Writing Roundup, July 31
July 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Tags: blog roundup·craft·fiction·freelancing·platform·the business of writing·writing roundup
Break Time
July 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I’ll be back on Friday with a brand-new collection of resources. Until then, my fingers will be flying at the keyboard.
Related Posts How Many Banned Books Have You Read? In honor of banned books week, I looked at the list of the most challenged books from 1990-1999. I’ve read a [...]
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Writing Roundup, July 24
July 24th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
The Business of Writing
Ain’t That a Shame
Author Justine Larbalestier shares her thoughts on the cover for her book Liar. The protagonist is African American, but the girl shown on the cover is White. Larbalastier campaigned strongly for a different cover, but she did not win that battle. What do you think about book covers? Does [...]
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The Other Time Management Post
July 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I found the second time management post I mentioned on Monday: How to Keep Your Day Job from Killing Your Writing Career. I updated Monday’s post to include it, but I also wanted to post it here for those of you who keep up with me through subscriptions.
Enjoy!
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Agents to Follow on Twitter
July 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Agents are besieged with bad book proposals from writers who usually make the same mistakes. You have many options to find out what those mistakes are so that you can distinguish yourself from the masses of queries. (You don’t need to be told not to query a novel until it’s finished, revised, and edited, right?)
A [...]
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More on Money
July 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Last week, I shared a few posts related to money, how we charge for what we do and why it is important to seek higher wages. Kristine Meldrum Denholm provided a follow-up to her original post that gives advice for how to set rates and how to negotiate.
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And It's Time, Time, Time That You Love
July 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
I’m still feeling the Tori Amos after going to her show a few weekends ago, so I’m using one of the lyrics from her cover album Strange Little Girls as my title today. (As a side note, I’m also using the song “Rattlesnakes” from that album as character inspiration for a space opera I am [...]
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Writing Roundup, July 17
July 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
How is this collection working for you? Do you have any categories of posts you’d like me to include? Any blogs you think I should be following for potential inclusion?
The Business of Writing
Distance Insulates Journalists
Have you ever gotten your hands on some ill-gotten research? Do you think it is okay for journalists to use less [...]
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Writers and Money
July 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Two interesting blog posts this week address the concept of monetary compensation for writers.
No Money…Are You Really a Writer?
Rebecca starts a series on what makes you a writer. Is monetary compensation your measure of success? Or is it a story well crafted?
Writers, Let’s Join Together on Payment
Kristine Meldrum Denholm provides a bit of a counterpoint [...]
Guest Blogging at Love Romance Passion
July 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
I got the opportunity to write a guest post on feminism and romance novels, and I jumped at it.
It expands some of the issues I touched on in The Argument for Love. Since I submitted this piece, yet another news story came out about the growing economic power of the romance genre. We women are [...]
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