CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR WRITERS

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CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR WRITERS

With the price drop frenzy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the Christmas shopping season is well and truly upon us. If there’s a writer in your life, you’ve come to the right place. This is our list of gifts for writers. Approved by the Writers Anon team, for what that’s worth.

Quirky Writing Gifts

The Writer’s Toolbox

This cute little box of tricks includes a spin wheel of plot twists, writing prompt sticks, exercises and activities to clear writer’s block and keep the creative juices flowing.

Buy it here at theliterarygiftcompany.com

 

 

Writer’s Wall Clock

A stylish wall clock for writers. Instead of numbers, the face has states of writing, such as ‘stare’, ‘writer’s block’ and ‘edit. Buy it here at http://www.cafepress.com

Once Upon a Time Bookends

These fairytale bookends are pretty and bookish and inspiring. Win.

Buy it here at Notonthehighstreet.com

 

Notebooks…

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Climax – Human, I’m Sneaking up on the Climax creativity and Plots, Entertainment and Excitement

Zen of Scenes

1 December 2014, this blog is about writing in scenes.  I’m focusing on the tools to build scenes.  I’ll leave up the parts of a novel because I think this is an important picture for any novelist.  I’m writing about the climax.

1. The beginning
2. The rising action
3. The Climax
4. The falling action
5. The dénouement

Announcement:  By the time you read this, my new series novels titled Ancient Light will be published.  Ancient Light includes Aegypt, Sister of Light and Sister of Darkness.  If you are interested in historical/suspense literature, please give my novels a try.  You can read about them at http://www.ancientlight.com.  I’ll keep you updated.

Today’s Blog: The skill of using language in a large degree comes from the ability to put together figures of speech that act as symbols in writing.

Here are my rules of writing:

1. Entertain your readers.
2. Don’t confuse your readers.
3. Ground…

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No Wasted Ink Writer’s Links

Celebrate Poetry, All Month Long

Time to get the pens and paper out again for the National Novel Writing Month but don’t worry Novels aren’t the only things you can write.
So get to it and see where it will lead you.
Don’t forget to sign up at: http://www.nanowrimo.org

WordPress.com News

NaPoWriMo, or National Poetry Writing Month, is back!

NaPoWriMo is an annual project in which participants write a poem each day in April. It unfolds in the tradition of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, held in November) and motivates, inspires, and engages poets of all levels, genres, and backgrounds.

While a poem a day is your ultimate goal, there’s really no “right” way to participate. Start today and keep at it, and experiment as you see fit. Focus entirely on sonnets, or experiment with free verse. Participate on your own, or collaborate with others. Publish on your blog, or experiment offline.

Ideas to get started

• Publish poems each day, focusing on a different genre each week.
• Handwrite poems in a journal, for your eyes only.
• Start a collective with others, plan themes for April, and publish poems on your own blogs focused on these themes.
• Create a new blog or group site specifically for this monthly challenge.

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What’s Your First Draft Like? – Louise Phillips

Take a look through Rebecca Bradley’s “What’s your first draft like?”
Some really interesting stuff in here.

Rebecca Bradley

Today’s First Draft Guest is crime writer Louise Phillips.

Red Ribbons, the bestselling debut novel by Dublin-born crime author Louise Phillips, was nominated for the Ireland AM Crime Fiction Book of the Year award at the BGE Irish Book Awards in 2012. Louise won the award in 2013 for her second novel The Doll’s House. Louise returned to writing in 2006, after raising her family. In addition to her three published novels, Louise’s work has been published as part of various anthologies and literary journals. She has won the Jonathan Swift Award, was a winner in the Irish Writers’ Centre Lonely Voice platform, and her writing has been shortlisted for prizes such as the Molly Keane Memorial Award and Bridport UK.Last Kiss is her third novel and she is currently working on her fourth.

 

When you decide to write something new, what is the first thing…

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Welcome Back

On behalf of Fintan, Dominic, Kelly and David we would like to welcome all new and old members of the Compass Writers Group back after the summer.

We hope everyone enjoyed their break and have some great stories to tell through all the different mediums of writing.

We had a great turn out for our first meeting of the new year and it looks like we are hitting the ground running. We have a lot of hopes for the coming year and can’t wait to get started.

We hope everyone is ready to knuckle down and run with us as we have a high bar set for this year and it’s going to be great fun. Who says you can only have fun in the sun?

Summer Writing

As the summer is starting to draw to a close, I would like to remind you of the fantastically apt poem Fintan brought to us at the beginning of the summer.

 

People turn to you because 

you give voice to dreams, 

notice little things, and make 

otherwise impossible imaginings 

appear real. You are a rare 

bird who thinks the world is 

beautiful enough to try to 

figure it out, who has the 

courage to dive into your wild 

mind and go swimming there. 

You are someone who still 

believes in cloud watching,  

people watching, daydreaming, 

tomorrow, favorite colors, silver 

clouds, dandelions, and sorrow. 

Be sacred. Be cool. Be wild. 

Go far. Words do more than  

plant miracle seeds. With you 

writing them, they can change 

the world. 

 

                   — Ashley Rice 

How to Write a Book

Just to let you know :

” How to Write a Book ” ..

12-week series, in the :

IRISH TIMES WEEKEND ..

Starting May 18th .. -:)

Let the Voting Begin!

 

This years AGM will take place on the 9th June 2014

At the meeting we will be electing next years Officers for the following;

Facilitator

Assistant Facilitator

Treasurer

Secretary

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