Note: Voting on this contest is now closed! I will post the results on Monday, May 16th, 2011. Thanks for your support!
Well, The First Ever Write It Sideways Blogging Contest is finally coming to a close. I’ve had such a great time reading everyone’s entries, choosing finalists, and reading all the wonderful comments on each post.
Here’s a quick rundown of the eight finalists’ articles (in case you’ve missed any of them), and instructions on how to vote for your favourites:
Offbeat Lessons from Three Late-Blooming Writers
Remember the uproar last summer when The New Yorker published their 20 Under 40 list of young fiction writers? […] But plenty of writers publish later in life, as The Huffington Post‘s more thoughtful 41 Over 40 attests. Thank goodness, since I embarked on my writing career at age 50…
Read Offbeat Lessons from Three Late-Blooming Writers by Debra Eve
4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
One of the joys of writing is that you can do it anywhere. But just like picking a great place to meditate, get married, or raise a family, you have to pick somewhere that fits you and your style. What works for you may not work for someone else…
Read 4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing by Ashley Prince
What to Do When Your Writing Takes a Back Seat
No matter how passionate we are about our writing, and no matter how determined we are to balance the writing career we are creating with our already full-time life, there will be times where we feel as if the cosmos are against us—more often than not, finding the time to accomplish our writing goals can seem as elusive as a unicorn…
Read What to Do When Your Writing Takes a Back Seat, by Krissy Brady
Self-Publishing: What Happens Next …
In traditional publishing, as early as two years ago, the skinny was you had better give the agent and/or the editor a 99% polished ready to wear novel. On the heels of this news, we then learned … you had better be prepared to do your own publicity and market your own work. This doesn’t sound much different from self-publishing, does it?
Read Self-Publishing: What Happens Next … by Florence Fois
Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential
You know what you want to write. You’ve defined your target audience. But how do you know if your concept is saleable? The short answer is: you don’t. But your keen senses can help you find out. […] If your goal is to build a writing career, then salability is a question worth considering upfront, before you devote years of your life to a project that nobody wants to read…
Read Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential by Erika Liodice
The Dilemma of the Mother Writer
I love it when my kids get hold of my camera. Really. Their photos serve as a study of daily life, and, for a brief moment in time, I see the world through their eyes. They capture a blurred vision of me in the kitchen. They frame a face peering through a doorway. […] And, I wonder if they comprehend the tension built into an image where a checkbook sits on top of a pile of scattered mail…
Read The Dilemma of the Mother Writer by Christi Craig
Take a Chance with Your Writing
Writers are risk takers. Writing requires taking risks. […] Writing is a bold and courageous act. Every time you type or scribble a word, you’re taking a gamble. Is it the right word to convey your intended meaning? Is there a better word, one more likely to resonate with readers and catapult your writing from good to great?
Read Take a Chance with Your Writing by Patricia Woodside
Writers Write—Creativity Is a State of Mind
I’m not a technical writer or a business writer. I’m not a creative writer, either. I’m a writer. Period. Everything I write, be it the procedure manual for my husband’s pet store, a new blog post or another chapter in one of my (many) works in progress, requires me to draw on all my writing skills, life experience and creativity. The more I write, the more I exercise that muscle, the more creative I become…
Read Writers Write—Creativity Is a State of Mind by Susan Bearman
How to Vote
- In the comment section below, leave a note clearly stating the titles of your two favourite articles.
- If you list more than two articles, I will only count the first two.
- Voting is open now (May 8th, 2011), until 12:00 EST on May 15, 2011.
- Finalists may vote for themselves or for other articles
- The two grand prize winners (those with the most votes) will be announced Monday, May 16, 2011. Read more about what the grand prize winners will receive here.
Best of luck to all the entrants!
I vote for “Writers Writer — Creativity is a State of Mind”, because I’ve learned I must support my own writing.
I also vote for “The Dilemma of the Mother Writer” by Christi Craig, because all mothers, whether they are writers or not, face a similar dilemma of finding time for their own creativity and passions.
Congratulations to all the finalists and thanks to Susannah for hosting the contest.
Writers Write—Creativity Is a State of Mind
I really enjoyed this series by all the guest bloggers, however, one really stuck out for me:
What To Do When Writing Takes A Back Seat, by Krissy Brady
And if I had to pick a second it would be:
Take A Chance With Your Writing, by Patricia Woodside
Good luck to everyone!
Boy, I’m glad we get to choose two 🙂 I love the theme of taking risks no matter our life circumstances, our age, or the genre in which we start writing. So, really, I have several favorites. But, my top two are:
Take a Chance with your Writing, and Writer’s Write-Creativity is a State of Mind
My two votes go to “Offbeat Lessons From Three Late-Blooming Writers” and “Writers Write – Creativity Is A State Of Mind”.
This has been a great experience and I love the company I have found myself in at WIS.
My votes are for: Take a Chance with your Writing, and Writer’s Write-Creativity is a State of Mind
My two favourites are Krissy Brady,
What to Do When Your Writing Takes a Back Seat
and Erika Liodice,
Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential
It’s a tough choice, but I vote for Krissy Brady “What to do when your writing takes a back seat” and “The Dilemma of the Mother Writer” by Chrisit Craig. I enjoyed all the posts.
Florence Fois
Erika Liodice
But they were all great!!!
I’m voting for “Take a chance with your writing” and “The Dilemma of the Mother Writer”. Both made me think a lot.
My vote goes to “What to do When Your Writing Takes a Back Seat” and “Take a Chance with Your Writing”. Good luck to all!
Erika Liodice,
Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential was my favorite and gets my vote.
I found Erika’s entry, “Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential” an excellent guide to entering the world of creative writing. She really captures the considerations and where to check the possibilities of achieving future success. Keep on writing Erika you have a great deal of talent. You definitely get my vote for the best! Eileen Stark
Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential —
Hi Erika, great advice! It’s evident you put a great deal of thought into this topic. Well done!
Some excellent insights here.
Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential by Erika Liodice gets my vote!
Diggs
“4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing” by Ashley Prince is my favorite.
My top 2:
1. Use your 5 senses to gauge your book’s potential by Erika Liodice
2. The Dilemma of the Mother Writer by Christi Craig
My votes go to…
1) Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential
2) 4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
I Vote for
“Offbeat Lessons From Three Late-Blooming Writers” by Debra Eve and
Take A Chance With Your Writing, by Patricia Woodside
Hats off to all of the finalists!
Here are my two votes:
1.) Use your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Books Potential, by Erika Liodice
2.) Take a Chance with Your Writing, by Patricia Woodside
Late Bloomers!! DEBRA EVE top favorite
I loved the article on Self-Publishing by Florence Fois, and I really enjoyed the article by Krissy Crady, What to do when your writing takes a back seat.
Thanks to all the authors! It was hard to pick only two because they were all so informative and helpful!
Christi Corbett
Very powerful stuff, I’ll have to go with “What to do when your writing takes a back seat”.
I feel like my own writing can become a priority once again.
What to do when your writing takes a back seat. (love it, choice one)
Offbeat lessons from three late blooming writers. (choice two, old frustrated writer myself)
first choice is erika liodice’s article — use your five senses to gauge your books potential . very important points. second choice would be what to do when your writing takes a back seat by krissy brady.
The Dilemma of The Mother Writer
Writers Write–Creativity Is a State of Mind
My votes go to “taking a back seat” by Krissy Brady and “late bloomer” Debra Eve.
I vote for
Offbeat Lessons from Three Late-Blooming Writers by Debra Eve andin second place 4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing by Ashley Prince
Offbeat Lessons from Three Late-Blooming Writers and The Dilemma of the Writer Mother.
They are all great, just love these two the most 🙂
My votes are for Debra Eve’s “Offbeat Lessons from 3 Late-blooming Writers” and Florence Fois’ “Self-publishing: what happens next . . . ”
1. Erika Liodice- Use your 5 senses…
2. Patricia Woodside- Take a Chance…
My vote is for “Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential” by Erika Liodice. Great advice for anyone thinking about taking on a new writing project.
I vote for Florence Fois
I vote for Florence! Very informative post.
I vote for Erika Liodice 1) Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential and Patricia Woodside 2) Take a Chance With Your Writing
Use your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Books Potential, by Erika Liodice
1) Use your 5 Senses to Gauge a Books Potential 2) What to do when your writing takes a back seat.
Great work!
#1: Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential
#2: Offbeat Lessons from Three Late-Blooming Writers
I really enjoyed every single blog post. Each one brought something different and I found that I could apply all of them to my writing lifestyle.
My two votes go for: Writers Write and Take A Chance with Your Writing.
Congrats to all my fellow finalists! Keep up the writing.
-Ashley Prince
I vote for:
Offbeat Lessons from Three Late-Blooming Writers
by Debra Eve.
My votes go to:
4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
Self-Publishing: What Happens Next …
my favorites:
Erika Kiodice -Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential
and Debra Eve –
Offbeat Lessons from Three Late-Blooming Writers
I would like to cast my vote for Erika Liodice’s article. Very informative, helpful and excellent writing.
What an honor to be included with such a bunch of talented writers. My votes go to “Take a Chance with Your Writing” and “Writers Write-Creativity Is a State of Mind”.
What a great contest! I vote for The Dilemma of the Mother Writer and Writers Write. Good luck to all the finalists!
I vote for
1.Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential
2.4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
I vote for Florence Fois’s Self Publishing post!
I vote for Ashley Prince “4 Places to get your creative juices flowing”
and Erika Liodice “Use your 5 senses to gauge your book’s potential”
I would like to vote first for “4 Places to get your creative juices giong” and second “Take a chance with your writing”.
My favorite is:
Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s PotentialI really don’t like any others. This Erika Liodice girl knows what she is writing about.
I would like to vote for “4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Going and second “Offbeat Lessons from Three Late Blooming Writers
I vote for “4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing.”
4 ways to get your creative juices flowing
A lot of good stuff here but there can be only one winner, so my vote goes to Offbeat Lessons from Three Late-Blooming Writers by Debra Eve.
Offbeat Lessons From Three Late-Blooming Writers
My votes go to:
Writers Write—Creativity Is a State of Mind … because I believe that.
The Dilemma of the Mother Writer … because I know how hard it is to “do it all.”
1.) Use your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Books Potential, by Erika Liodice
2.) Use your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Books Potential, by Erika Liodice
I vote for “Self Publishing What Happens Next” and “The Dilemma of the Mother Writer”
I vote for “4 Ways to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing” by Ashley Prince!!! She is a GREAT writer! All of her works are so fulfilling to read!
I vote for 4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
by Ashley Prince
and
Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential by Erika Liodice.
I vote for “4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing”4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing”
Ashley Prince “4 Places to get your creative juices flowing”Erika Liodice “Using your 5 senses to gauge your book’s potential”
ashley prince and erika liodice
Ashley Prince and Erika Liodice
Using your 5 senses to gauge your book’s potential by Erika Liodice and 4 Places to get your creative juices flowing by Ashley Prince
My votes:
“Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential” by Erika Liodice
“Take a Chance with Your Writing” by Patricia Woodside
I vote for The Dilemma of the Mother Writer and Take A Chance with Your Writing.
I think all the finalists did a fantastic job! I’m voting for “Self-Publishing: What happens Next” and “What to do When Your Writing Takes a Backseat”. Both of these articles are very timely and relevant for me as a writer.
Great job to all!
Erika … Although it appears you are one of the front runners in this … I appreciate your kind words and your vote 🙂
I am thinking great thoughts for all of my fellow finalists and especially appreciate their support. Good luck to all!
My two favorites are Christi Craig’s “Dilemma of the Mother Writer” and Debra Eve’s Offbeat Lessons from Late-blooming Writers.
My votes go to: Take a Chance with your Writing, and Writer’s Write-Creativity is a State of Mind. Both articles really spoke to me!Take a Chance with your Writing, and Writer’s Write-Creativity is a State of Mind. Both articles really spoke to me!
My favorite: Offbeat Lessons from Three Late-Blooming Writers by @later_bloomer:twitter
The Dilemma of the Mother Writer
I vote for “4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing” and “Writers Write-Creativity is a State of Mind”. Two great pieces! :]
I am voting for Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge your book’s potential. Great insight. More authors should take this advice to heart before putting pen to paper or keyboard to screen
My votes are:
1. The Dilemma of the Mother Writer by Christi Craig
2. Use Your 5 Senses to Gauge Your Book’s Potential by Erika Liodice
Wonderful entries! I’m happy to have found new bloggers to follow.
My votes are for these:
1. The Dilemma of the Mother Writer, by Christi Craig
2. Writer’s Write–Creativity Is a State of Mind, by Susan Bearman
I vote for 4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing and Self-Publishing.
4 places to get your creative juices flowing
Take a chance with your writing
4 places and Offbeat Lessons were my two favorite
I vote for “4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing” by Ashley Prince.
I vote
1. What to do when your writing takes a back seat
2. Offbeat lessons from the three late-blooming writers
My vote goes to “4 Places to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing” by Ashley Prince.
Congrats to all the finalists!