http://www.herojourneys.com A Writer's Path Toward Publication Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:27:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Codex Writer's Workshop. I anticipated this event for a long time. The first few days were for critiques of novels and short stories, as well as some class sessions on writing and being a writer. We had the famous Ellen Datlow critique our short stories. She was very insightful and gave lots ... http://www.herojourneys.com/2008/07/28/hero-journeys/events/coww/ Well, I got the story revised (a couple months ago ), and I thought it would be useful to talk about how I did it. But first, I think you need a little background on how I wrote it in the first place. I wrote the story as part of Orson ... http://www.herojourneys.com/2008/07/16/path/how-i-revised-transfer-loss/ In May, I worked on updating and fixing (hopefully) the story I wrote at boot camp. http://www.herojourneys.com/2008/06/02/path/revising-boot-camp-story/ I have been doing better at keeping up with doing book reviews than I have with doing any actual posting here, but I am trying to change that a bit, especially now that I am done teaching at UVSC. I have decided that I am going to change around how I ... http://www.herojourneys.com/2008/05/16/review/book-reviews/ I was lucky enough to get both these great writers to come to my Pack Meeting this last week. It was a great event. Jessica emailed me the next day and said she had a great time, and Brandon stayed so long he missed his writing group meeting. We had about 50 people ... http://www.herojourneys.com/2008/04/26/writers/brandon-sanderson-and-jessica-day-george/ I got this email from Edmund, and wanted to share. IGMS is a great online magazine with incredible stories (one of my favorites so far is Tabloid Reporter to the Stars): To Readers of Science Fiction and Fantasy everywhere, When you have something great, you want everyone to know. So you tell ... http://www.herojourneys.com/2008/02/02/writers/igms/ I've just finished Well of Ascension, and it was awesome - so much so that I've been thinking about it a lot over the past week (which is why I haven't posted as much here as I normally will). I wrote a little review in my reviews area. I've been enjoying ... http://www.herojourneys.com/2008/01/27/review/25/ I haven't done very well at writing here regularly, but I'm trying to make amends for that starting today. I started a blog for the classes I teach, and so that has started getting me in the habit of doing this regularly. Plus, this is a great place to think through ... http://www.herojourneys.com/2008/01/20/path/back-at-it/ This looks like a very interesting conference. I may go. We'll see how the finances shape up CottonTree Inn 10695 S. Auto Mall Drive Sandy, Utah 84070 FEATURED PRESENTER: Timothy Travaglini Senior Editor at G.P. Putnam's Sons (a division of Penguin Group, USA) In the works: Friday Night Entertainer: David Nibley Panel: Finding an agent Panel: LDS Publishers One-to-one interviews ... http://www.herojourneys.com/2007/12/20/hero-journeys/events/ldstorymakers-writers-conference/ Well, today is November 1st, and that means that it is National Novel Writing Month. I officially started work on my novel today. I wrote one chapter and that came out to around 1900 words. So, not a bad start to the month. I am using the general story and plot ... http://www.herojourneys.com/2007/11/01/path/nanowrimo-has-started/