At my second meeting with the Toronto Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writer’s group, I read a piece of my writing out loud for the first time in my life. I was so nervous I could barely get the words out to read it […]
My apologies for the late update. Sunday was busier than expected (in a good way) but thankfully the long weekend means I can make it up today. Last Monday I got something very exciting – my first personalized rejection! But wait, you […]
I’m beginning to understand why the website for finding places to submit your stories is called The Submission Grinder. The rejections keep on rolling in – I got four more this week. I’ve resubmitted three of them and intend to have the […]
I don’t have a topic for today. I haven’t had any of the little epiphanies of the sort I usually turn into posts. So instead I’m going talk about a few different moments from the week. Maybe these little vignettes will show […]
I once read something saying J.R.R. Tolkien expressly denied that The Lord of the Rings was in any way an allegory or commentary on the World Wars, despite many scholars and readers insisting the influence is clear. For a long time I […]
Warning: Mild spoilers ahead for Stephen King’s Fairy Tale. I’m staying away from major plot points and being as vague as possible about the elements I do talk about, but I don’t want to be blamed for ruining anyone’s good time. […]
I buckled down this week and started reviewing one of my alpha reader’s suggestions and edits for my novel. One of the things I had to figure out was how, exactly, I’m going to approach this. The book is long, and I […]
At yesterday’s meeting with the Toronto Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers group, a friend there mentioned that he’d been reading my blog and peeling back the layers of the onion that is Erin. While I’m truly delighted to know when my friends […]
I’ve always wished I was an artist, of the drawing or painting type. My mind is filled with visions of beautiful things, but I’ve never had the talent or patience to learn to create them. What comes out on paper is always […]
On the last episode of the Erin Tells Lies blog, I told you about how I’d sent out the first digital copies of my novel to my selected alpha readers. This week, I received the three physical copies I ordered for those […]