J. P. Cane

Category: Tips and Inspiration

  • First Pages 2012

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    I had the honor of participating in this year’s First Pages, a popular and especially fun part of the James River Writers Conference (held this year Oct. 19-21 — come join us!). Here’s how First Pages works: Brave authors submit their novel’s first page for consideration. At the conference, a dramatic reading of the selected…

  • Write with Meaning

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    This year I had gotten into listening to podcasts, though I don’t listen on a consistent basis. One of the shows I like is called Typecast, A Podcast About Writing, presented by Kevin Pang. The particular podcast (episode 9) I’m mentioning here features Steve Padilla, a LA Times editor and writing coach. Editors of course…

  • The Grimace Project

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    My Bemused Writer friend mentioned to me The Grimace Project — a Flash-based application that displays facial expressions based on you adjusting sliders for six emotions. http://grimace-project.net/

  • Judging a Writing Contest

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    Last year, I had been invited to enter the annual James River Writers, “Best Unpublished Novel” contest. I had strongly considered submitting my manuscript, but I knew what trusted friends confirmed: it wasn’t ready for the looming deadline. A day or so after deciding not to enter, I was then invited to judge the same…

  • Bad Writing Documentary

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    I came across a trailer for a documentary titled, Bad Writing. Have you seen it? What did you think? I usually don’t see documentaries.