Exciting Things

I missed last week's two posts due to life suddenly slapping me in the face; I graduated from both High School and College, and my parents are gone for two weeks as of this morning (leaving me temporary mother of the house). Life is starting to calm down and settle into the summer's groove.

I plan on returning to my blogging duties tomorrow, with a post on tasty white bread (biscuits!), and on Thursday, I think I'll blog about my experiences with Mary Sues.

As a side note, I've stumbled into a sort of Flash Fiction haze. Check out my Writing page up at the top there for a list of flash fiction competitions that run like all the time. Seriously. It's great. I'm going to enter all the things.

I'm eating through Flash Dogs' Light and Dark Solstice anthologies (and you should too). Flash fiction is exciting! Even MORE exciting, I became a member of the Flash Dogs today! Excuse a squee. (I cannot convey the level of excitement this brings. My first publication may appear in the next anthology.)

As another note, I've managed to drag Sie into a flash fiction competition endeavor (I should also drag Rin into it). We're not sure when it will run from and to, but we're going to make a blog for it very shortly. It's going to happen. It's very exciting. It's going to be called the Cracked Flash Fiction Competition (CFFC!).

Be excited. 

What Do People Write On Writing Blogs?

There are tons of sites out there that have 30-day blog challenges for a normal blogger, or just a giant list of things to blog about. However, I have not found a list for writing blogs.

So, in order to remedy this problem, I went and poked around at a few well-known writing blogs, compiled a short list. This is probably in no way comprehensive, but my head is spinning (and there's a lot on that list already o.o) so I'll stop while I'm ahead!

Writers blog about . . .

• Their favorite writers/their sources of inspiration
• Favorite writing subject
• Their writing manifesto
• Who they're writing for
• History/politics and how it can be applied in writing
• How to handle criticism
• How to communicate your point effectively
• Developing a thesis or theme
• What they're reading
• Characteristics of a hero/anti-hero/villain
• Social media and utilizing it
• Motivational essays/speeches for actually going to write instead of procrastinating your time away
• Creating a "productivity system"
• Cliches they hate or love
• Revising, rewriting, and editing
• What to do when feeling unmotivated and uninspired
• How to manage your time
• Finding your writing voice/style
• Overcoming perfectionist tendencies
• Words that make writing weak
• How to get published
• How to find an agent
• Pros and cons of self-publishing vs traditional
• What conferences to attend; what money to spend
• Loving what you do
• How to write for yourself/others
• World Building
• Writing dialogue
• Writing descriptions
• Writing Magic
• What NOT to do for characterization
• Using punctuation correctly
• What made them write a piece
• Constructed languages: making up words and names
• Killing your darlings
• Free writing
• Commonly misused/confused words
• Interviewing people
• Resting
• Prompts

Other:

• Some host sorts of "sharing time"--asking readers to comment with what they've written lately
• Guest posting
• How to grow an audience