Author: Ace Baker

7 Days until SIWC… 7 Writer Sites You’ll Want to Visit!

Oct 19, 2013

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Ace Baker

in touch gloves

7 days until the main SIWC conference begins…so here are 7 sites where you can “touch gloves” and hang out with other writers and resources that can help you churn words… www.siwc.ca http://pnwa.org/ http://www.placesforwriters.com/ http://www.pw.org/ http://www.newpages.com/ http://www.writersdigest.com/ http://www.writermag.com/
8 Things to Do at SIWC

Oct 18, 2013

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Ace Baker

in Uncategorized

The countdown is on…8 days until SIWC… so here are 8 things you can DO at SIWC… 1. Choose from more than 70 workshops given by authors, editors, agents, screenwriters, and social media experts. 2. Find an agent. More than a dozen to pitch to! 3. Get some editing suggestions. Sign up for a…
SIWC Countdown: 9 upcoming contests…9 days until SIWC!

Oct 16, 2013

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Ace Baker

in contenders, nonfiction, novels, poetry, short stories

The countdown to SIWC 2013 continues. 9 days until SIWC, and their contest is over for this year, so I thought I’d put up info about 9 other interesting contests you might consider for the near future: Lynn Manuel Children’s Fiction Contest : http://www.grasmerepublishing.com/ Creative Nonfiction Contest by carte blanche: http://carte-blanche.org/carte-blanchecnfc-society-creative-nonfiction-contest/ Bliss Carman Poetry Award: http://www.prairiefire.ca/contests/bliss-carman-poetry-award/…
SIWC Countdown: 10 openings you’ll love!

Oct 15, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork

Ok, it is officially 10 days until SIWC, so I’m beginning a countdown on fighttowrite. Today, here are 10 openings I hope you’ll love: From “Ceiling,” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie When Obinze first saw her e-mail, he was sitting in the back of his Land Rover in still Lagos traffic, his jacket slung over the…
Writing scale from The Pocket Muse

Sep 6, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fiction, novels, short stories, starters

Just like musicians believe in practicing scales as a way of preparing, staying in tune with the music, and connecting to something familiar, I’m a firm believer that writers can get going and create new work, even when they feel blocked, by using a writing scale, or prompt. I call them starters, and…
An important character to add for your protagonist

Sep 5, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fiction, novels, power punch, short stories, writing technique

Ok, in my last post, I promised the next one would deal with a character you want to add in for your protagonist. There are actually TWO that I’ll talk about. Think positives and negatives. For a muscle to get stronger, it has to push against something, a heavy weight. This weight is…
Katabasis and your narrative fiction

Sep 1, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fiction, knockout idea, novels, short stories, writing technique

In Linda Lappin’s article, “Your Journey to Hell and Back,” in the September 2013 edition of The Writer, she returns to Joseph Campbell’s classic text, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, to discuss KATABASIS: According to Campbell, in myths fairy tales and fictional narratives of mythic resonance, the hero’s or heroine’s descent to the…
Semi-finalist in Mary Ballard Chapbook Contest (Casey Shay Press)

Aug 31, 2013

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Ace Baker

in poetry, writer ace baker

Ok, for the past month I’ve been vacationing in Southeast Asia–Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore–and I just got back to Vancouver last night and already I had some good news waiting for me… I made the SEMI-FINALS for the Mary Ballard Poetry Chapbook Prize, put on by Casey Shay Press! This is a BIG…
micro POETRY: It’s anything but…

Aug 23, 2013

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Ace Baker

in poetry, power punch, writing technique

Want to sharpen up your writing skills? Give micro-poetry a try. People slam Twitter, but the truth is, it’s very difficult to put a lot of meaning into a very short space, and Tweeps can be very creative in how they do it. 140 characters is not a lot when it comes to crafting…
Title Generator #002: More titles for your poetry and prose !

Aug 22, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fiction, knockout idea, nonfiction, novels, poetry, short stories

Yesterday, I mentioned a mashup method for creating unique titles. Here’s a second, and I’ll use the same book as my resource as an example (Force Field: 77 Women Poets of British Columbia). You, of course, can use any anthology that might be sitting on your bookshelf. Purely on a whim, and since…