NaNoWriMo* 2014
Anyone WriMo’ing this year?
*National Novel Writing Month
Category » Fiction, poetry, and fanfiction
Writing, v. 2014
A place to post things you’ve written and to talk about writing in general.
Continued from v. 2013.
NaNoWriMo* 2013
Is anyone taking part this year? If so, keep us posted, please.
*National Novel Writing Month
Attention, Writers and Artists!
Muse‘s editor, Elizabeth Preston, alerts us to this Round-Robin ‘Riting over at the official Muse site. We’re not sure how many MBers are now technically Musers, so we’ll leave to your discretion whether you feel overqualified for this activity.
Date: October 2, 2013
Categories: Fiction, poetry, and fanfiction, Nonrandom Craziness, The magazine
Coming Soon: Pollyhymnia’s Next Novel
It’s called The Wells Bequest and will be published in June. It’s already getting good reviews on Goodreads (www .goodreads . com/book/show/16101024-the-wells-bequest).
Writing, v. 2013
A place to post things you’ve written and to talk about writing in general.
Continued from v. 2012.
NaNoWriMo* 2012
It’s on! We’ll see some of you in December.
*National Novel Writing Month
(TheNaNoBraSto gave sneak previews of what a few MBers planned to write.)
NaNoBraSto 2012
Brainstorming for National Novel-Writing Month (also known as November). Let’s hear your ideas!
Poems and Songs, v. 2012
Hail, Poetry, thou heav’n-born maid!
Thou gildest e’en the pirate’s trade.
Hail, flowing fount of sentiment!
All hail, all hail, divine emollient!
–Gilbert and Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance
(and yes, they knew they were being over the top)
Continued from version 2011.
Writing, v. 2012
A place to post things you’ve written and to talk about writing in general.
Continued from v. 2008 (wow!).
NaNoWriMo* 2011
Another month of literary mayhem.
*National Novel Writing Month
(See NaNoBraSto for pre-NaNo brainstorming.)
NaNoBraSto 2011
Brainstorming for National Novel-Writing Month (also known as November).
Go to NaNoWriMo 2011 for the main event.
Date: October 7, 2011
Categories: Fiction, poetry, and fanfiction, The Universe, Things We like
Enceladus’s Webcomic
Six letters, delivered on the same day, at the same time.
All for the same purpose- or perhaps purposes?
Whatever.
All that matters is that the letters have been delivered.
So it begins…
Writing Challenge: Theme With Variations, Round 4
The idea is to start with an image and each person writes about it as en sees it, in the writer’s choice of style. See the original thread for clarification and inspiration.
(You may continue to write about a prompt that is no longer current.)
Current prompt: a broken piece of ceramic half-buried in dirt
Next up:
Previous:
a crumpled piece of paper, the ink run so much that you can only read one word
a mirror
a starless sky
a pile of mail on the countertop
a city whose streets are built on ancient ruins
In Memoriam Diana Wynne Jones
The author of Howl’s Moving Castle, the Chrestomaci series, and many other books died on March 26. MuseBlog mourns the passing of one who brought so much magic to the world.
A Story from SBF
small but fierce sent us this story of hers to read or post. Naturally, we’re posting it.
NaNoWriMo* 2010
And they’re off! See you in December, mad scribblers — and perhaps occasionally before then if you find time to report in here.
*National Novel Writing Month.
NaNoBraSto 2010
Brainstorming for National Novel-Writing Month, which coincides with November. If you’re unfamiliar with it, NaNoMuBlo-ers will be happy to explain.
Date: October 6, 2010
Categories: Fiction, poetry, and fanfiction, The Universe, Things We like
Pollyhymnia’s New Book!
Polly Shulman (blogname: Pollyhymnia), young-adult author, friend of MuseBlog, and all-around good egg, has a new book coming out on July 8. It’s called The Grimm Legacy. You can find out more about it through Google or on Polly’s website.
Screnzy 2010
Script Frenzy (a.k.a. “Screnzy”) is in full swing. Those who are taking part already know all about it. For those who aren’t,
Script Frenzy is an international writing event in which participants take on the challenge of writing 100 pages of scripted material in the month of April.
You can find out more on last month’s Screnzy Brainstorming thread.
Screnzy Brainstorming, 2010
Script Frenzy (a.k.a. “Screnzy”) is fast approaching. A quick self-description:
Script Frenzy is an international writing event in which participants take on the challenge of writing 100 pages of scripted material in the month of April.
The first step is brainstorming and bouncing ideas off friends. This is a place for that.