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Writing Clubs
Hello everyone! Well, I was so busy with my new position for the Redwood Writers Branch of the California Writers Club, I forgot to blog last week. I'm membership chair for the branch and it is renewal time. Busy! Last Post Cliches: Time Flies - time moves swiftly...
Pitches ….
Hi everyone! Can't believe a week has passed already. Time flies when you're having fun! First things First--last week's Cliches: There You Go - has multiple meanings: you're right, you've done well, asked for, answer, etc. Dates from first half of 1800s. A different...
More about Queries..
Hi everyone! Hope you're writing, writing and writing some more! Last Cliches: Like it was going out of style -- describing something being done with extreme urgency, last chance to do it. Date from about 1970. Do Tell -- Is that really so? Expresses disbelief or...
Querying…
Hi everyone! Hope you are all writing like it was going out of style. First things first--Past Cliches: Movers and Shakers: Individuals with the power and/or influence to effect change. First, they alluded to God, but in 19th century started being applied and compared...
Writing every day
Hi Everyone! Hope all of you are busy writing and perfecting your craft. Last cliches: Cut and Dried--commonplace, routine. Term dates from the early 18th century, some disagreement to origin. Most believe came from timber, which is customarily cut to standard sizes...
Editing and re-editing…
Hi Everyone! Hope you all had a good week of writing and fun. First things first: last cliche: Worth Its Weight in Gold means extremely valuable; singularly useful. Roman playwright Plautus liked this metaphor, which also appeared in early 14th century. Later, Henry...
Research in your Writing…
Hi everyone! Hope all of you are writing and writing and writing. Cliche from last post: That Does It =that accomplishes or completes it. Used to be that does the trick and it replaces does the trick. Don't have a first date used for this one. How much do you...
Write, Write, Write,…
Hi everyone! Well, it was a busy week for me. Not only does the writers wokshop online keep me busy, but my mystery-novel in progress does. After being critiqued by the on-line group, I've made many changes and all for the good, I hope. My last post was on 3/26 and...
Finding those cliches..
Well, I'm finding it's not so easy to write about writing every single day. I'm too busy writing on my novels and working on the critiques in the writer's workshop, not to mention regular every day living that happens. 3/23/10 Cliches: Did you find them? A Lot of...
More about critiquing..
Well, I'm back. Did you find the last cliche? A Lost Cause: an undertaking doomed to fail. Early uses: from 1860s--New York Hearld July 2, 1868 referred to South's civil war and in Essays in Criticism, 1865 description of Oxford Univ. as "the home of lost causes"....
