by Cheri Lasota | Dec 8, 2010 | Discussions on the Craft, Writing Life Vault |
On Nov. 2, 2010, Salon.com Co-Founder Laura Miller wrote a scathing review of National Novel Writing Month. I came across this article, ironically, in one of the forums on the NaNoWriMo website. The Salon article touched off a firestorm of controversy, and I must say,...
by Cheri Lasota | Sep 11, 2008 | Writing Life Vault
By Cheri Lasota “Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know, but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow-afflicted.” —Don DeLillo All writing groups are unique because their members are unique...
by Cheri Lasota | Sep 8, 2008 | Grammar Vault
By Charity Hogge of Mighty Pen Editing You already know them by reputation: Adverbs are bad news. Adverbs are second-class-citizen words. Use more than one adverb per page, and you’ll go blind. Sound familiar? Well, I’m here to tell you how adverbs saved...
