Remember that Choose Your Own Adventure book series? It was completely corny, but what a fun concept. You were the protagonist who got some story background, and then presented with a problem. Once you read the problem, you got to choose what you would do and turn to the recommended page for your choice. From there, you would learn more, and then get to make another choice until at the end, presumably you, the reader, had created your own adventure reading experience. And the next time you encountered the book, you could make different choices. As I young reader, I thought they were fun books. I kind of wish that navigating the publishing world were more like a Choose Your Own Adventure book. I…
Jenn Falls – My Writing Journey
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So I just posted about how I waste time on Facebook instead of working on my writing. It occurred to me that I do follow several people and writing-centered organizations on Facebook that actually can be helpful to others. So here are some of the best ones that are useful and interesting for writers. Writer Beware – If you’re not aware of the blog run by A.C. (Ann) Crispin and Victoria Strauss at http://accrispin.blogspot.com/, then you need to Like their page. Not only do they provide watch dog services for writers out there, but they provide timely updates. Today, they posted the announcement that Hydra, the Random House digital imprint service, changed their contract details after the outcry by Writer Beware and other big…
So I have a confession. Remember when I posted not one but two blog posts about overcoming Writer’s Block? While I will not dispute that they have some good pointers in them, I have to tell you the truth. I walked myself back into that jail cell and closed the door again. Hi, my name is Jenn. And I failed to keep writing. It’s not that the ideas went away. This time around, I’m good to go with the ideas. But every time I sit down to add more to the story, I end up doing something else. Here is a list of things that I allow to distract me: Facebook, email, blog posts about writing, blog posts about publishing, catching up on old…
Falls Into Writing 