How Not To Write

A very funny post and quite true. I can’t really tell you why I know these things. My wife reads this blog and it could be rather troublesome.

A whopping 85% of American women are wearing the wrong bra size! How could so many women get it wrong and what does that have to [...]

Well, the Clarion West hunt is over and so it’s back to the grind for yours truly. I just popped open my feed reader for the first time in three weeks. And guess what? I have 10,105 unread posts! Score!
Ok, so here’s what I found:

These happy folks have reported acceptance! Have fun, folks!
http://raven-radiation.livejournal.com
http://albionidaho.livejournal.com
http://jimnstewart.blogspot.com
http://www.pamrentz.com
http://rajankhanna.livejournal.com
http://book-o-holic.blogspot.com
http://alphawolfguide.livejournal.com/
http://spitkitten.livejournal.com/
I will update this post with more links as I find them. Feel free to post in the comments if you know someone going!
[P.S. No, I haven't heard about my application. According the Clarion West website, applicants should hear by late March so I [...]

I really liked this post by Felicia Donovan, especially the part where she whips out her bookmark. Just too funny!!!!
Really, I’m a Writer:

I am a REAL writer, a published one, in fact.
I whip THE BLACK WIDOW AGENCY bookmark out of my purse at the speed of lightning and flap it like a hundred [...]

How often do you practice writing? Daily?
Ok, so how many hours have you put in over the last 10 years?
Below is a heavily edited teaser for Mark Terry’s article on what writing for 10,000 means to your writing.
10,000 Hours:

The distance between “familiarity” and “mastery” is very far indeed.
I immediately thought of the oft-repeated suggestion [...]