Sunday 2 September 2012

GUTGAA 2012



I stumbled upon this today.  For all of you writers out there:

Deana Barnhart is getting together with some agents and offering up a wonderful opportunity.  Take a look at her blog here: http://deanabarnhart.blogspot.ca/p/gutgaa-2012-faqs-and-links.html

Starting with a good ol' meet and greet, here we go, here's me:

-Where do you write?
Anywhere and everywhere.  When an idea hits me I just hope that I have a pen and paper so I can write it all down before it escapes.

-Quick. Go to your writing space, sit down and look to your left. What is the first thing you see?
A mountain full of blankets.  My most visited writing space is on the couch in the living room.  Next to it is another couch, home to those useless froufrou couch pillows and at the moment a duvet and a couple of blankets.

-Favorite time to write?
Whenever I have the chance, but mostly in the late evening once everyone has gone to bed and I can enjoy my quiet time for the day.

-Drink of choice while writing?
Probably a tea.

-When writing , do you listen to music or do you need complete silence?
Generally there is music on in the background.  I think I would find it far too unusual if there were complete silence, and therefore harder to concentrate.

-What was your inspiration for your latest manuscript and where did you find it?
The beginning of my novel came from a dream.  From there, I spent my spare time daydreaming in order to develop the rest of it.

-What's your most valuable writing tip
Oh, there's so many!  Write everything down.  Don't take a chance, because you could forget it.  Even when you don't feel like writing or don't know where to begin write anyways, you can always erase it later.  And my personal favourite, based on my own horrible experiences with computers: write it out first, then type it.  Not only does this mean that if something happens and your work accidentally gets erased, you'll still have a copy, but I find it a little easier to edit as you transfer the written copy to typed text.

12 comments:

  1. Thanks for the heads up :) Signed up for it myself although I don't have an MS ready just yet, I can still learn a few things!

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    1. no problem, I stumbled upon it and am very glad I did. Even if you don't have an MS ready, it's a great opportunity to immerse yourself in the writing world :)

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  2. Hello fellow GUTGAA blogfester. You are SO RIGHT about never trying to remember great ideas in the brain only. I have a trail of notebooks around my house, car, and work so I never lose a valuable snippet.

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    1. well you are smarter than I am, I never manage to have paper on me unless I'm at home.

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  3. Now if I could just remember where I wrote that down. . . Good to meet you and best wishes with GUTGAA!

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    1. lol, too true! I've been there, you wrote down something beautiful and insightful, and it would be perfect for what you're working on. But now you have to search all over your house to find it

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  4. I'm a tea drinker too. Sometime we should share favorite kinds.

    http://otherworlddiner.blogspot.com/2012/09/deana-barnharts-gearing-up-to-get-agent.html

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  5. I agree with your writing tip. Write it or lose it. The story of my life, lol.

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  6. I'm sorry to be so late on the GUTGAA meet and greet. As always, life exploded into chaos when I thought things would calm down. Well, can't be helped. My favorite drink is water, and your pile of covers etc reminds me of the laundry I have to do. grrr

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    1. no worries, I kind of neglected my blogging due to being caught up in GUTGAA. Hope you got that laundry done :)

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  7. Great advice to write everything down. So many times I come back to something I'd forgotten I'd written, but comes in so handy. Hope you don't mind a late comment on the meet and greet, but it is nice to meet you through GUTGAA!

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    1. nice to meet you too :) I love coming across things I've written down and had totally forgotten about, it's nice to be reminded of ideas you've had :) Did you make it in for round 1 of the agent pitch? If so, best of luck :)

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