Top 10 Writerly Fears; Also, #NaNoWriMo
Dear inklings, it is National Novel Writing Month! and I have a couple thousand more words to pound out tonight. So, without further ado or adon’t, here is a top ten list to entertain you!
Tag: The Writing Life
Harlan Ellison, Alan Dean Foster…and Courtney Cantrell
Around Christmas of this year, I shall have a story in the SAME short story collection as HARLAN ELLISON and ALAN DEAN FOSTER. As my friend Josh (who’s gonna have a story in the same collection) says, “This is what we in the business call a pretty big deal.”
SotU: Birds Carrying Twitterwhales
This is what happens when Twitter is down.
Baby, You Can Too Write a Novel!
Hey sweet’eart. Missing me? Good, I miss you, too. : ) Life’s got me hustling and bustling enough to keep my blogging fingers busy elsewheres — but I promise an update SOON. In the meantime, click to read my guest post about life, the universe, and everything, and how You. Are. Enough. 42, y’all. BANGERANG.
In Which I Think My Navel Is Helpful
Here are links to five of my guest posts for UnstressedSyllables.com. I hope they encourage you in living a bolder, more passionate writing life!
This Is Named “Rose,” Mr. Shakespeare
As many of you already know, the husband and I recently moved into a cozy . At the front of this are several s. And in one of these s, to my utter delight and surprise, I have discovered …
Get Shorty
So, in case you haven’t seen me mention it on Twitter, I’m tickled pink to be involved in The Consortium‘s upcoming short story magazine publication. In fact, I’ve been so tickled pink about it, I dug out the former prologue to one of my high fantasy novels, intending to use said former prologue as my …
Who Am I?
I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure. I am at your command…
How My Bachelor’s in Writing Didn’t Prepare Me for Writerhood
Even after getting our educations — whether that’s at the collegiate level or simply through life experience and trial-and-error — we writers still have to do our homework. We have to research for our business.
The Grooming Habits of Agents
Eventually, during a break between lectures, there was a little circle of conversation at the hotel coffee shop. I don’t recall how it happened, but something I said about my in-progress novel led to this editor’s turning to me and asking, “So, Courtney, what is your book about?”