Category: live

• 8 Reasons Why I Wrote a Dieselpunk Romance

  

  Spoilers—number eight is Agatha Christie.

  Vesna Kurilic

  October 30, 2020

  announcing, live, publish, want

  art deco, art history, dieselpunk mystery, dieselpunk romance, diselpunk, historical fantasy, historical mystery, history, johnny's girls, jugendstil, karol malnar, lesbian dieselpunk, lesbian romance, lgbt, lgbt sci-fi, lina malnar, queer, queer dieselpunk, queer romance, ranger paraversum, science fiction, shtriga books, vesna kurilic, vintage lesbians

• Three Days To Go!

  

  NaNo (and Johnny’s Girls) ahoy!

  Vesna Kurilic

  October 28, 2020

  live, publish, thirty days, write

  creative writing, creativity, dieselpunk, fiction writing, johnny's girls, lesbian suspense, lgbt, nanowrimo, queer, queer dieselpunk, shtriga books, writing, writing life

• What Not to do Next?

  

  How many layers of Hell does your writing life hold? I’ve counted seven.

  Vesna Kurilic

  September 23, 2020

  live, plan, write

  2020, books, creative writing, creativity, fiction, fiction writing, how to write, literature, planning, writer, writers, writing, writing life

• The Distracted Writer’s Guide to Fiction Writing

  

  So you think you can keep this writing thing up?

  Vesna Kurilic

  August 12, 2020

  live, plan, revise, write, writing lessons

  art, books, craft, creative, creative writing, creativity, editing, fiction, fiction writing, habits, literature, revision, short fiction, short stories, short story, writing, writing life

• n+1 Reasons Why I’ll Never Stop Reading Fanfiction

  

  What it says on the tin.

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 22, 2020

  fandom, geek, live, read, the wolf on, want, write

  ao3, archive of our own, fandom, fanfiction, fiction, fiction writing, shipping, writing

• Heartbreak at the End of the Novel

  

  Does it get easier, truly? (And do I even want to know?)

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 15, 2020

  live, revise, write

  books, craft, creative writing, editing, fiction, fiction writing, literature, revision, writing

• (Best Laid) Summer Plans for 2020

  

  Here’s to those who plan, not too wisely, know not wisely, but too well…

  Vesna Kurilic

  July 8, 2020

  live, plan, snw, write

  creative writing, creativity, editing, fiction, fiction writing, habits, literature, plans, revision, romance, short fiction, short stories, writing

• Letting ‘Bonkers’ Go (Editing Diary Part 7)

  

  Oh, misty eye of the writer’s remorse…

  Vesna Kurilic

  June 29, 2020

  editing diary, live, revise, write

  books, creative writing, editing, fiction, fiction writing, language, literature, revision, writing life

• You Don’t Need Permission to be Creative

  

  This post has been a long time coming.

  Vesna Kurilic

  June 24, 2020

  live, play, the wolf on, want, write

  art, artistic, craft, creative, creative writing, creativity, fiction, fiction writing, freedom, writing

• Five Ways to be Kind to Yourself When You Can’t Write

  

  (No, not just during extreme times.)

  Vesna Kurilic

  June 17, 2020

  live, the heavy stuff, write, writing lessons

  creative writing, fiction, fiction writing, quarantine, writing, writing life