Author: Ace Baker

Quotation inspiration #006: Keep on keepin’ on–Einstein!

Jul 14, 2014

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Ace Baker

in knockout idea

Here’s a bit of encouragement to keep doing what you’re doing–push through those blocks: Try this: An oldie, but a goodie: What ELSE is life like?
“FLY FISHING” writing technique with Susan Pieters!

Jul 14, 2014

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, fiction, novels, short stories, writing technique

I’m no angler… and I’m not sure whether Susan Pieters knows how to fly fish or not—but she’s a gifted writer who uses fly fishing technique in at least one of the tales she tells. Let me show you how… In fly fishing, the lure itself is light, made to appear to be a…
Great openings from Best American Short Stories 2013 !

Jul 11, 2014

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Ace Baker

in fiction, novels, short stories, starters

I’m making my way through my copy of The Best American Short Stories 2013, and I wanted to share with you some of the best opening lines. Remember, an opening line can get YOU going on your own writing. The trick is NOT to read the complete story until AFTER you’ve written your own story.…
Quotation Inspiration #005: The way I feel about strong writing and…

Jul 11, 2014

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Ace Baker

in fiction, nonfiction, novels, poetry, short stories, writing technique

This quotation is definitely the way I feel about strong writing and dedicated readers: Try this: Take a moment to reflect: What’s beautiful about the writing you admire?
Update on “Big Red Schoolhouse” . . . Judges’ comments!

Jul 10, 2014

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Ace Baker

in champion

Ok, so here are the lovely words the judges had to say about “Big Red Schoolhouse,” my poem that won the inaugural Magpie Poetry Award: Magpie Award Winner ‘Big Red Schoolhouse’ by Ace Baker “The poem in 1st place, ‘Big Red Schoolhouse, keeps us up to our elbows in the muck of the moment and the…
“BIG RED SCHOOLHOUSE” wins MAGPIE POETRY AWARD!

Jul 10, 2014

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Ace Baker

in champion, poetry

Ok, I am THRILLED to announce that my poem, “Big Red Schoolhouse,” was the winner of the inaugural Magpie Poetry Award by PULP LITERATURE, whose contest’s final judges were the amazing Daniel Cowper and past Poet Laureate of Vancouver, George McWhirter. This poem is special to me because I wrote it because of Patrick and…
Quotation Inspiration #004: Good advice from Oscar Wilde

Jul 1, 2014

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Ace Baker

in knockout idea

Try this: Why not try a piece of writing where someone can NOT take this advice? Someone who tries their best to be anyone or anything else and finds problem after problem because of it . . .
Zoom in for a great opening…like Jennifer Landels’ “Allaigna’s Song” !

Jul 1, 2014

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Ace Baker

in starters

If you’re looking for a great way to start your next piece of writing, think Hollywood and ZOOM IN, like Jennifer Landels does in her serialized novel, Allaigna’s Song. Take a look at the opening from the first excerpt published in Pulp Literature: If you walk down the grand staircase of Castle Osthegn, you will…
Quotation Inspiration #003: Decision making by Emerson

Jun 22, 2014

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Ace Baker

in knockout idea

Sometimes making the choice to do something is the toughest. Once you’ve done that… KEEP WRITING! FINISH THAT NOVEL, SHORT STORY, POEM…
Vandermeer on dissection for fiction writers

Jun 18, 2014

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Ace Baker

in knockout idea, writer ace baker, writing technique

First of all, I picked up a copy of Jeff Vandermeer’s book, Wonderbook, and I’m having trouble deciding whether it’s a book about writing or a work of art–amazing! But on page 42, I read the following: To grow as a fiction writer, you absolutely must engage in some dissection of stories, your own and…