Merrilee Faber's Blog

I’ve been pretty quiet on the blog, because I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and readjusting and moving and … Continue reading »

What goes on behind the scenes when you submit a short story: How Shimmer Falls in Love With Fiction :: Shimmer.

Another post worth mentioning, good advice for writers of any age. Work in Progress » Blog Archive » How to Have a Career: Advice to Young Writers.

Surfacing from the depths of revision to point you in the direction of an author who needs to get a grip.  Don’t be Emily Giffin, folks. Authors Behaving Badly: How I Pissed Off Legions of Emily Giffin Fans | Corey Ann.  

  Fresh Outta The Oven: 500 Ways To Tell A Better Story. Go buy the book.

I’ve got a short story that’s in the final draft stage before submission.  The deadline is the end of the month.  My crit group have already picked over it, but I’m looking for fresh eyes. It’s science fiction, but not overly technical. It’s mostly a character story. If you can spare the time for a [...]

I’m 200 words from my daily goal, typing quietly beside my son as he goes to sleep.  Finding it very hard today to get a rhythm going. So far I have looked up natural salt licks, nucleic acid, the origin of ‘philistine’, and, of course Pinterest.  Then I checked my blog stats, and I discovered [...]

I normally like grey skies.  In Queensland, traditionally, grey skies are a summer thing, part of suffocating humidity, zithering cicadas and, well, summer. It’s winter, and it’s been raining for four days.  What the hell, winter.  This is Queensland!  Winter is a time for sapphire skies and crisp, clear days and being outside without being [...]

I just found this 12-part series by Robin Coyle on Strong vs Weak words.

I’ve written 18k of short storyness in the last 2 weeks, and then embarked on a mad 2-day revision spree.  My brain is fairly toasted at the moment, so I thought I would point you in the direction of a few good links while my grey matter still cowers at the base of my skull. [...]