Incurable Disease of Writing

Welcome to the July 11, 2008 edition of Just Write. I’m constantly surprised by the diversity of submissions this carnival receives and this week is no exception. We have some great advice, encouragement, tips and an outpouring of love for writing. Enjoy! As always, let the blog authors know we appreciate their efforts. Send them an email or leave a comment.

Book Reviews

Riley presents A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand posted at All Rileyed Up.

Copywriting/Freelance

Raymond presents Best Locations To Blog With Free WiFi Internet Access posted at Money Blue Book.

Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen presents 10 Writing Tips From My Reader’s Digest Editor posted at Writing Quotations & Writing Tips, saying, “I’ve learned more from my Reader’s Digest editor than all my other editors combined – she’s amazing!”

Thursday Bram presents Green: The Newest Writing Niche posted at thursdaybram.com.

Encouragement for Writers

Chris Edgar presents To Be Creative, Step Outside The Survival Mindset posted at Purpose Power Coaching, saying, “Most of the time, it seems, what we do is oriented toward our survival and stability—making sure our basic needs are met, and that we maintain our lifestyles. Although this mindset is good at keeping us alive, it doesn’t do wonders for the creativity of our writing. When we’re focused on our wants and needs as we write, we tend to second-guess and compromise in our work. I suggest that doing something before writing that isn’t oriented toward our survival or impressing others — such as meditation — is a great way to keep ourselves “in the flow.”"

Mark David Gerson presents The Voice of Your Muse: You Can Write posted at The Voice of Your Muse, saying, “Close your eyes and remember.
Remember the stories you invented…
Remember wonder and imagination…
Remember make-believe…”

Love Affair With Words

Amy Munnell presents Interview…with novelist David L. Robbins posted at 3 Questions…and Answers, saying, “Novelist David L. Robbins discusses techniques for writing historical fiction that lives and breathes today.”

Yvaine presents At the train station posted at Starlit Whispers, saying, “I love words. I love riding trains. I love watching people. And most of all, I love writing. This short story is a mesh of these loves.”

Poetry

The Money Moose presents Bad Blog Haiku #5: The Challenges Of Writing posted at Blog Badly.

Publishing

Amy Munnell presents Waving the Flag…Americana Markets posted at 3 Questions…and Answers, saying, “Markets looking for all things small town, all things American.”

The Writing Life

Toni Tiu presents My ode to writing posted at Happy Nest.

Tracy Cooper-Posey presents The Hidden Class of Writer – Authors With Day Jobs posted at Anchored Authors.

Writers Coin presents The Lesson behind “Shitty First Drafts” posted at The Writer’s Coin, saying, “Shitty first drafts and the importance of editing to work through the inner critic”

Writing Mechanics

Jim Murdoch presents Do you break, jam or snip? posted at The Truth About Lies, saying, “A discussion of enjambment”

Tammi Metzler presents Get your free grammar and punctuation e-course! posted at Writeassociate’s Weblog, saying, “As a freelance copywriter and editor, I know how difficult it can be to concentrate on grammar and punctuation when you’re trying to write. That’s why I created a free grammar and punctuation e-course, which is made available through this blog post.”

Writing Projects/Prompts

Christina M. Rau presents Higher Education in Corporate America posted at The Unromancing Of Roma, saying, “Chapter 8 of the unpublishable novel The Unromancing of Roma”

Writing Resources

Amy Munnell presents A First Step to Published Success…12 Novel Contests posted at 3 Questions…and Answers, saying, “Why contests can lead to published success for your book.”

Writing Tips

Gargantua29 presents Ten Pitfalls of Fanfiction posted at Lucent Dusk: A Fanfiction Community, saying, “An articles discussing some of the most common mistakes found in fanfiction.”

Tip Diva presents Tip Diva | Top Ten Tips – Typing A Business Letter posted at Tip Diva, saying, “Writing a business letter is not like writing to your parents from summer camp. There are rules you must follow, especially when typing out your letter”

debergerac78 presents Becoming Competent – oDesk Insider posted at oDesk Insider, saying, “Three activities that writers–real writers–should do on a regular basis.”

Steve Osborne presents Writers: Don’t Just Look – Observe. Don’t Just Hear – Listen. posted at TheWritersBag.com, saying, “Steve Osborne, author of “Writing Tips for the Real World,” is a professional freelance writer and writing instructor with over 20 years of experience.”

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