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Authoressa’s Writing Journey

http://venessagiunta.com/

• Author: Venessa Giunta
• Listed in: Fiction How-To
• Tags: fantasy writing writing tips horror supernatural Speculative Fiction
• Added on: Jan 17th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

About the author:
Venessa Giunta is a writer of supernatural and other slightly off-beat tales. In her writing life, she’s tried to write “straight” stories. Those mainstream, slice of life vignettes. She tries. She really does! But ghosts, vampires, aliens, zombies and various other odd creatures always seem to live in the stories she tells. She’s beginning to think it’s pheromone related.

About this blog:
Here, we’ll be talking about lots of different things pertaining to both the craft of writing and the business of writing. We might even go off on a tangent about history, the weather, the internet or — dare we push the envelope? — politics. Mainly we’ll center on fiction writing, genre writing, but we may also delve into freelance opportunities and non-fiction. Really, it’s whatever strikes my fancy. Hopefully, it’ll strike yours too!

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Recent Posts

• What I’ve Learned: Floating Body Parts

  Posted on Monday April 21st, 2008 at 22:25 in craft, craft of writing, description, fbp, wil, writing

  My first mentor at SHU had this thing about passive verbs and floating body parts (FBP), so I learned pretty early on to get rid "was" and "were" as well as Floating Body Parts.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "What I’ve Learned: Floating Body Parts...

• Half-Passed!

  Posted on Wednesday April 16th, 2008 at 21:23 in novels, Personal Stuff, personal writing, shu, writing

  I love the play on words of the title! I heard from my first mentor for SHU, Leslie, who is my second reader for my thesis (don't ask, the first mentor/second reader, second mentor/first reader thing is confusing). She passed my manuscript! So that's...

• Aaaand…we’re back!

  Posted on Tuesday April 15th, 2008 at 09:40 in blogging, Personal, random, stuff

  Okay, I think things are going to tone down for awhile now. My manuscript is in. Now I wait for word on whether I need to change things or whether it passes as is. In the meantime, though, expect some new posts this week! Woot! SHARETHIS.addEntry({ t...

• Writing Update: Done and Done!

  Posted on Monday April 7th, 2008 at 11:01 in craft of writing, personal writing, random, revisions, shu, struggles, update, writing

  I finally finished the revision of Soul Cavern last night!SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Writing Update: Done and Done!", url: "http://venessagiunta.com/2008/04/07/done-and-done/" });...

• Amazon - POD Monopoly?

  Posted on Friday March 28th, 2008 at 12:12 in amazon, business, business of writing, pod, writing

  Now, however, Amazon is using its leverage as a retail giant to force publishers to use BookSurge. The result if they don't? Amazon will turn off the "Buy" button on their book listings.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Amazon - POD Monopoly?", url: "http...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 9.75 out of a possible 10 based on 8 comments.

Angelawd Said:

Well written and informative! I've learned a lot from you - and have referred others to you from my recent writer's blog post.

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proofpositivity Said:

Tons of info! Great to read too.

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cirellio Said:

Authoressa's style makes a for a delightful read! Definitely check it out if you are a writer.

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Alan Jobe Said:

An amazingly literate and well written blog.

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Great site, filled with useful information and a great attitude. You don't go wrong reading this one!

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BT Cassidy Said:

Greta information for the successful or aspiring writing all packacged in an easy to read blog.

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