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Reread, Revise, Repeat

Larry Jenkins - March 11, 2013

The truth is I have very little idea what I’m doing. I came into NaNoWriMo a little bit of a cheat. I had a novel that I’d already spent a lot of time on, and I wanted to finish it, so I used NaNo to do so. Since then, I’ve been letting it cool. I am a […]

My Love/Hate Relationship With Non-Fiction

Ashley M. Hill - February 1, 2013

I actually do write non-fiction to pay the bills. I write short Web articles about computers and the Internet, or computer-adjacent topics. Like this one about teens on the Internet, or this one about my favorite lady scientist, Ada Lovelace. They’re not very good. If there were an office hierarchy of freelance writers, I would […]

To Serve… Others

Jason Arnett - February 1, 2013

I’m primarily a fiction writer. Actually 99% fiction writer. The exceptions are these posts for the Cafe, some real-life stuff on my own blog and a rather largish pamphlet I wrote back in the early 2000s (the Naughties – heh) on the subject of making mini comics. Once upon a time there was a website […]

Wherever I Go, There I Am.

Aspen Junge - January 31, 2013

I know what kind of non-fiction I wouldn’t write. Academic or scholarly writing. Memoir or biography. Mainstream journalism. Gossip or tell-all. Anything that involves an interview. This week’s topic was my idea. I’m really interested in how my fellow Confabulators will answer. But I’m nearly stumped. I already write non-fiction for my job, and I like the […]

Strange and Unusual: Non-Fiction and the Paranormal

Kevin Wohler - January 31, 2013

“I, myself, am strange and unusual.” ~ Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice The great thing about writing fiction is that everything you believe can be true. I’m not much for writing non-fiction. I don’t like referencing sources. I hate bibliographies. I’m constantly afraid of misquoting someone or failing to attribute a fact. But if I were to […]