Tag: DIYMFA
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DIYMFA QOTW 17: Inner Sanctum
Great minds think alike.Or something.I’d like to believe that Gabriela’s selection for this week’s QOTW was divine intervention. If you are a regular follower of this or any of the other spaces I invade, you may have seen this photo yesterday on Facebook. I mentioned that Madame Muse had struck and I was writing again.…
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DIYMFA QOTW #16: Dear Writer, Phone Home
‘Mine!’ Yeah, selfish to shout that, isn’t it?However, as Gabriela mentioned in her post to us this week, it is important for every writer to have a place he or she can call ‘home’ (so excuse the distant and potentially obscure outside my head ‘ET’ reference in the title …). While there is nothing wrong…
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Guest Post is Live at #DIYMFA!
Howdy! While the earlier part of this week was fraught with weirdness, today has turned a corner. Not only have I been quite productive (and dare I say giddy — is that unbecoming of a Cave Mistress such as myself?), I have a publisher and agent who have placed the query on Knowing Abbie in…
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DIY QOTW #15: Do The Right Thing
WE LOVE ROLL CALL, Y’ALL! Boogie Down Productions, Rob Base, Dana Dane, Marley Marl, Olatunji, Chuck D, Ray Charles, EPMD, EU, Alberta Hunter, Run-D.M.C., Stetsasonic, Sugar Bear, John Coltrane, Big Daddy Kane, Salt-n-Pepa, Luther Vandross, McCoy Tyner, Biz Markie, New Edition, Otis Redding, Anita Baker, Thelonious Monk, Marcus Miller, Branford Marsalis, James Brown, Wayne Shorter,…
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DIYMFA QOTW 14: And Now for Something …
For those who visit the Cave with any regularity, it may be difficult to decide what is ‘different’ from day to day or post to post. However, today will be slightly different I hope.This week’s question caused me to go back through the DIYMFA text to consider some of the exercises in more detail. I’ll get to…
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DIYMFA QOTW 13: Exploration of Other Worlds, or What’s On Your Reading List?
Imagine with me this ehem, fictional scenario: You are supposed to be cleaning, at a meeting, working, going to the gym, taking the dog for a walk, filing your taxes, driving your great aunt Susie to the dentist doing something and instead, you sneak off and stick your nostrils in a book.It’s a very good book, one…
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DIYMFA QOTW 12: Books, Books, and More Books!
This week, Gabriela tried to break my heart, I think: You don’t need to own every book in the world … Huh? But-but-but!Wait, there’s more: but there are some essentials that every writer should have on his or her shelf. Oh! That’s different.In DIYMFA, Gabriela breaks down the three essential things writers need to do…
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DIYMFA QOTW 11: The Award for Supporting Cast Goes To …
I don’t know about you, but I tend to fall in love with my characters. Doesn’t matter the role — hero, villain, victim — I get dreamy when I think of them. Have you ever fallen into the trap of describing your book-people as ‘the lead characters‘ (yes, plural)? Our favorite Word Nerd, Gabriela Periera…
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Book Review: DIY MFA
There must be something unique about a person who holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in writing who develops a writing program called the Do-It-Yourself MFA. Gabriela Pereira identifies herself not only as a writer and teacher, but as a word nerd whose goal is not to take over the world with prose (well,…
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DIYMFA QOTW 10: Stepping Off The Cliff
I look back with um … well … fondness would not be entirely accurate or nearly truthful … at my first blog posts.I decided one day (okay, it was a few years back now and you know I have a dreadful memory. Perhaps I decided over the course of a few days. Or months. Maybe a year.…
A New Bloom 