Published on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 by CathyWyo1 Haystack Perhaps you have poetry, several short stories, or a novel length work that  you would like to publish.  You have the gone the route of sending your work to agents, publishers, editors and others in a  quest to get a contract and become a published author to no avail.  Your work is good, you have been told it is, you have had it critiqued, reviewed, and discu...

Published on Monday, March 15, 2010 by admin Irresistible Irish: Authors and Books To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I should give you a look at some of the more recently published Irish authors and books set in Ireland. The Yellow House (2010) by Patricia Falvey is newly published and getting good reviews. A work of historical fiction, this book takes us back to Northern Ireland at the begi...

Published on Thursday, March 11, 2010 by admin My new squirrel buddy and I at Red Dragon Tavern Just got back to my office after checking out a few places on the 2nd Annual Steam Hunt, a grid-wide scavenger hunt that has shown me all the various awesomeness the steampunk culture has added to our virtual home. I have been on a few other scavenger hunts since I rezzed a few months ago, stumbling upon the fir...

Published on Monday, March 8, 2010 by CathyWyo1 Haystack I have to admit while I had ideas for my blog this week, I was not inspired.  Drawing upon something I heard  last week from an author presentation in Second Life®..this author stated she would wander around Second Life® seeking inspiration at times like these.  I decided to take a few hours and see if I could be inspired by what I saw and experienced in Second L...

Published on Friday, March 5, 2010 by admin An Exhibition of work and readings from some of SL's most popular poets. Friday Flawnt Alchemi - 1pm SLT at the Bookstacks Performance Space Morgue McMillan - 1:30pm SLT - Outside Milk Wood Library Rosemary Serenity 1:45pm SLT -  at Storybook Dell Stosh Quartz - 2:00 - 2:30 pm SLT - at the Stone Circle Kezhen Yheng - 2:30-3pm  slt - at the Stone Circle Sa...

Published on Friday, March 5, 2010 by admin The SLCPro event this week came with a lot of announcements about Linden Lab's current projects, including the release of the Viewer 2.0 Beta to the public and the unveiling of their new Third Party Viewer Policy. After losing myself reading about all these developments in the blogs, the one that stuck out as the most interesting to me was the establishment of a Linde...

Published on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by Tephi Zepp The birds do it, the bees do it and everyone in Second Life® is doing it, communicating. One of the great places to go in Second Life® are the many universities or SIMs that are supported by universities that dot cyberspace like stars in the night sky. You can sit as a noobie philosopher for hours and listen to discussions on the meaning of life, love and the univer...

Published on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by admin A map will help drive and direct the plot of a developing story, but we are still left with what to fill it with. Maps can be the backbone of a plot in many genres, but the underlying theme of a work can often be glimpsed by paying attention to the mythology behind it. Writers go about the creation of mythology in many different ways. David Eddings adheres to a for...

Published on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 by CathyWyo1 Haystack The web seems to be awash in resources, writing, blogging, and publishing sites for writers.  Today I am going to take you with me on my journey of looking at and reviewing these sites, as well as how to find them. The following provides an overview of four Web 2.0 sites for developing web books and Authorsguild.net for developing a website the sites include:  Story...

Published on Monday, March 1, 2010 by Rue Esposito In his 8 Basics of Creative Writing, Kurt Vonnegut lists rules that include not wasting the reader's time, write as if you are writing to please just one person, reveal everything as soon as possible and to be a complete sadist to your characters.  Well, because I love you, Mr. Vonnegut, I'll try my best to show the people all my hurt and make them laugh. This bei...

Published on Monday, March 1, 2010 by Alyria Bovarro Are you looking for a place to relax? Dance? Listen to live music? Drink some coffee? Cuddle with your loved one? Then you’ve come to the right place. Beau Belle Coffee Shop has been open for about three months and has already held fabulous artists such as Eliz Watanabe, Joaquin Gustav and Inchino Melson. Their upcoming shows are Angee Seetan on February 19 from 1pm...

Published on Sunday, February 28, 2010 by admin About a month ago I started a search for a parcel of land after hearing about the impending inception of the Linden Homes Project. After looking over the sample sims of the homes, I decided it wasn't really for me, and looked into what I could do with my 512m2 of tier that was sitting around collecting dust. I vainly searched inworld for land I wanted to purchase, and...

Published on Friday, February 26, 2010 by admin Hedda’s Hot Picks “Reading for Writers” The Reinventing of Sherlock Holmes This week I want to talk about some of the recently published books that are a reinvention of the character of Sherlock Holmes. First and foremost is the Laurie R. King series about Mary Russell, the girl, later woman detective who learns the Sherlock Holmes method of ...

Published on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by Tephi Zepp In a world beyond the real world, where wisteria drapes round ancient walls, lies a perpetual sunset, perfectly poised, lingers forever in this moment, this infinite moment, measured out by sound of my finger tips on the keys of my computer, inexorable linked to my soul. A piano melody writes notes across my mind, glancing caresses at my heart, when the world behind m...

Published on Monday, February 22, 2010 by CathyWyo1 Haystack The title of this blog serves as my source of ideas; Cultivating your Craft in the Digital Age. As I pondered my first posting to the blog I turned to the web for inspiration.  The Web is awash in resources for writers. This is  minor detail but why do I refer to the Internet as the Web or the World Wide Web and ..well not just the Internet. Well that is because...