The Writing Job

My blogs about publication, publishers and agents, the writing process as it pertains to career writers, writing classes and education, websites and various other materials and companies devoted to the writing career, etc., including my two cents about what it’s really like to be a writer as a woman, mom, person with ADHD, and whatnot. What is it like to do this as a job and how can we do it together?

TO PUBLICATION AND BEYOND

Tripping Off the Block (about rejection and disappointment–and tears–as part of the writing life)
The Newest Loser (about losing a writing contest and dealing with the disappointment)
And the Winner Is… (about winning a writing contest and yelling it from the rooftops)
Renaissance Woman (about the diversity of my literary aspirations and the publication of a short story in a literary magazine, Scrutiny)
Writer’s Blockade (in an attempt to explain to the non-writer, the writing and publishing field as it currently is)
The Collective Imagination (making my claim that I am not about to copy, and nothing is new under the story sun)
Liasing with the Man. (about how to submit manuscripts and why it’s so important to do this thoughtfully and correctly.)
How to Change Gears. (about why I have made the decision to publish this next novel traditionally… if I get lucky.)
Revise and Resubmit (about what to do when you get that surprise reaction to a submission: the revise-and-resubmit.)
Published! (about my first traditional publication of short fiction and the feelings that accompany it.)
It Takes 500 Posts (about my 500th blog post and why I do what I do. Very meta.)
A Hundred Rejections a Year (about aiming for and celebrating 100 rejections (minimum) every year)

THE WRITING PROCESS

My Writing Process Blog Tour (on my writing process and the big three: make deadlines, go to work, and write)
My Writing Process Blog Tour (on, what else?, my writing process, as part of an orchestrated blog tour. I make goals, I go to work, I write.)
Writer’s Fatigue (on how I don’t believe in writer’s block)
May I Introduce You to Fast Drafting? (on fast drafting as a way to write the “discovery draft,” even if its post-planning)

EDUCATION AND TOOLS (WEBSITES, APPS, BOOKS)

What’s a Blogger To Do? (maintaining a consistent presence online and living a real life)
The Dull Roar of Silence (sort of about Kickstarter, but more about how writers have to be so darned vulnerable)
Computers for Writers (about a broken laptop and the quest for another, better one)
My Two Cents About One Writing Website (about Writing Mastery Academy and Jessica Brody and if its worth it and why or why not)
Need A Boost? (a list of writing prompt books and websites and ideas)
Scrivener, the Software That Divides Writers (about Scrivener, writer-specific software, and how the learning curve is worth the pay-off)
My Two Cents About One Writing Website (about Writing Mastery Academy, Jessica Brody’s subscription website with classes, community, and structured-writing perks)
Book Review: Meander, Spiral, Explode (reviewing a writing book that explores alternative story structure)
Writing Books Review: Outlining Your Novel (and Workbook) (K. M. Weiland’s practical tools for writing a novel, or at least planning one)
Writing Book Review: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel (taking the Save the Cat screenwriting method and putting all those beats to the novel)

MY LIFE AS A WRITER (MOTHERHOOD, ADHD, ETC.)

The Life of a Writer In a Few Hundred Bulletted Words (what I like and don’t like–and merely accept–about being a career writer)
Mothering the Novel (how being a writer is like being a mom)
Birthing the Novel (how being a writer is like giving birth)
Sound Advice (on one of the most heard pieces of advice I hear given to writers: “Read”)
What I Learned From a Sprained Spine (about dealing with the forced pause in writing and in life)
Tenacious Dee (on the number one thing writers have to do, persist. And about flying)
Change of Season (I am changing from a full-time author to a homeschool mom-slash-writer)
The Other Genius of Stephen King (about needing a space to be productive and to legitimize yourself.)
Use Your Gut (have a diet of creative things, be present, have gratitude, engage with your body, nature, and challenges)

On Juniper Grove (“Featured Author: Devon Trevarrow Flaherty,” including an interview where I talk about, among other things, the need for a writing community and first readers)
On Pen & Muse (“Guest Post and Interview with author, Devon Flaherty,” including a guest post on seizing the publication day and an interview on general writing things and writing process)
On Wordplay: Helping Writers Become Authors, a blog by K. M. Weiland (11 Ways Stay-At-Home Moms (and Other Busy Folks) Can Find Time to Write; pretty much just what it sounds like, and had particularly good reception)
On JLB Creatives (“Meet the Author: Devon Flaherty” with an interview about writing, the writing life, and why–for the love of Pete–self-pub authors should hire editors)
On Catherine, Caffeinated with Catherine Ryan Howard (“I Self-Published: What Next?” about–surprise–what happens after the publication, otherwise known as the post-pub blues)
On The Undercover Soundtrack with Roz Morris (“The Undercover Soundtrack–Devon Flaherty” about writing and listening to music and how the two forever shall meet)
On Tina’s Book Blog (“The Saturday Spotlight with Devon Trevarrow Flaherty and Giveaway of Benevolent” about reviving a dying novel and fighting for a book)
On Books with Tien (“Interview and Review: Benevolent by Devon Flaherty” about writing Benevolent, my work space, writer’s block, and the next big thing)
On Rachel Carerra, Novelist (“Author Interview–Devon Trevarrow Flaherty.” Fairy extensive interview, full of with and charm.)
On Sandra Danby (“How I Write Flash Fiction,” as the person who passes the blog tour to me)
On Jacke Wilson (“From the Starving Artist to Jacke Wilson,” as the next person to take up the baton on the My Writing Process Blog Tour)
On Jacke Wison (“The Wisdom of John Lennon” on Jacke’s writing process as part of the blog tour)
On GhoztWriter (“My Writing Process Blog Tour” on Juan’s writing process as part of the blog tour)