farad: (Lorency - Josiah with Cross)
farad ([personal profile] farad) wrote in [community profile] mag7wrimo2016-01-31 04:59 pm

End of January!

Everybody still writing?  I am, though it's not as much (school kicked in, first papers have come in).  I do have a story almost ready for the International Fanworks Day is anyone wants to beta.

I also - well, I can't say discovered, as it was recommended to me a while back, but over the past few days I've gotten around, finally, to walking again and to listening to podcasts, and I started in on a series called "Writing Excuses". It's a panel discussion with four pro sci-fi and fantasy writers, each ep about 15 minutes long, and some good stuff - some of it I know already, but some good ideas about writing in general (recognizing passive voice by adding 'by zombies' to the end: if the sentence makes sense, you have passive voice.)   Anybody got any other podcasts on writing that they like? 

How's everyone else doing? Still writing??

randi2204: (mag7 - josiah not-crazy-smile)

[personal profile] randi2204 2016-02-01 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! I like that check for passive voice. Very nice. :D

Writing - well, I managed to write all but 4 days of the month just finished, and got about 5800 words. Nothing finished (my eternal gripe), but a bit closer on 3 or 4 than I was before. Progress is progress!