Cynthia Harrison

Novelist

Category: writing contests

  • Writing the Mystery Synopsis

    It’s Labor Day here in the USA and any writer will tell you…writing a synopsis is hard labor. After checking multiple author websites, and my own writing manual (free PDF here) I have refreshed my memory on exactly how to organize one. These tricky summaries of plot are basically story outlines in sentence form. No…

  • Creative Juice

    Just signed up for this year’s Rochester Writer’s Conference put together by DWW member Michael Dwyer. Michael does so much in the Michigan writing community: he is set to sponsor a writing contest, runs an open monthly workshop, creates an annual conference. Having so recently had a taste of what it takes to make a conference go, I really don’t…

  • Writing Contest

    I love entering writing competitions. In fact, I’m polishing up an entry for one today. I have written a draft, put it away for a week, taken another look, revised, polished, and after one last read this morning, I’m going to send it. I am done with the nail biting “Is it good enough? Will I…

  • Little Writings

    My writing room is almost ready to move back into, but a few major things need to be completed first. My desk is in there. I could write in there. But it feels to strange with half-built bookcases on the floor. So I wait. And I write in my family room. I’m not working on…