by Denise Vega | November 20, 2012 | Writing Inspiration
Yesterday’s prompt: He walked to the corner, catching something out of the corner of his eye. When he turned to look, Here’s my take: He walked to the corner, catching something out of the corner of his eye. When he turned to look, a dark figure was...
by Denise Vega | November 6, 2012 | Denise's Doings
Yesterday I posted the picture below with the instruction: Write two to three sentences that bring us into this scene, let us know what happened just before this image and feel free to use dialogue. Be creative! My Attempt “Hurry, Darla! The White Rabbit...
by Denise Vega | November 1, 2012 | Writer Tips & Tools
You may not realize that in addition to NaNoWriMo, today also begins another important event: NaNoWriPro (National Novel Writing Procrastination) This event is for those of us who did not sign up for that scary, deadline-inducing, commitment-making November writing...
by Denise Vega | October 24, 2012 | Writing Inspiration
Since most of my blogs about writing have focused on novels, I decided I wanted to start dedicating one day a week to picture books, especially because I continue to work hard to get better at writing them and this way I can work on techniques and ideas and hopefully...
by Denise Vega | October 18, 2012 | Writer Tips & Tools
I belong to 2 1/2 critique groups. I know–crazy, but not really. Group #1 is an in-person group that meets once a month. I’ve been in that group for over 10 years. This is the group that helps shape my novels. Group #2 is an online group that looks at my...