Critiques and thoughts about critique groups
My resolution to write a short-story per month in 2017 is still on track. I’ve got four short stories under my belt already. And that kind of productivity is starting to cause problems. First, my critique group is getting overloaded. When I was pumping out stories less than 5000 words (the submission limit for my…
I’m almost done with the redesign of my website. Unfortunately, I’ve realized that I’ve gotten into revision mode with most of my writing. If you look at my bibliography, You’ll see that I haven’t written much since 2010. I’ve been revising my EVE320 novel and running my Nine-finger Revolution story through my critique group. Further, my…
Wow! It’s been a rather busy month here. I’m now working two jobs, not to mention the independent web stuff I’m doing. That doesn’t leave a lot of time to do writing, and the critiques for the Long Beach Writers Meetup are getting only one look through. Sorry guys. Still, it will be good to get some…
Intermediate Screenwriting with Mark Sevi was moved to Tuesday nights. I can’t do Tuesday nights, as that is when my critique group meets. Although, there has been quite a bit of drama in that critique group lately… – Brennan Harvey
I’ve got another publication credit under my belt. Kind of. I’m a member of the Science Fiction Noveliest online critique group. Last year, the group wrote a story in the round and it was picked up by Golden Visions Magazine and published (in print) in their January, 2010 issue. I, as well as everyone else who participated, wrote two…
More good news on the Writers and Future front. I got a hand written note from K.D. Wentworth stating, “Very nicely written. Keep entering.” It’s the first piece of personal feedback I’ve ever gotten in six years of entering the contest. I’ve been told that K.D. only hands out a handful of these written notes, and only on stories…
Not much going on this month. Last month was a busy one. Literary Orange, Nebula Awards, UCLA Book Fair, and such. I’m looking forward to settling down a little bit. My critique group is going through my novel EVE320. So far, the response is pretty positive. It seems I may have pulled off the feminine…
There is something uniquely satisfying about hitting the enter key twice and centering the words, “THE END” at the end of a manuscript. I finished the first draft of my Writers of the Future Contest entry. Now comes the fun part–polishing it up, handing it over to my critique group, making it good, and sending…
The 25-word synopsis of of my novel EVE320 caused quite a buzz at the La Jolla Writers Conference. It’s exciting to see such interest in an idea that I developed. If I can just pull off the story, then I might have something. This is my second year attending the La Jolla Writers Conference. Antoinette…
I just wanted to publicly thank the members of my two critique groups, SFNovelist.com and The Long Beach Writers Meetup Group, for all of their help in critiquing my work. They caught several problems (some serious) that I was not aware of. It’s ultimately up to me to integrate their comments into a better story…