Mark Noce Stories
Notes on Mark's latest writing endeavors, alongside other creative authors in the community.
March 6, 2012
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Do you ever set yourself multiple goals for the month or year? Find reality catching up with your ambition? But decide to grin up and enjoy is anyways?…
Read more of “Happily Too Many Goals”March 1, 2012
Bored with the same old thing? Want to read something to whet your appetite for adventure? Do you enjoy SciFi? Then checkout the new release of CassaFire by Alex Cavanaugh! You can visit his site…
Read more of “CassaFire!”February 28, 2012
How many drafts do you typically create for your manuscripts? Are you a revision hound or do you prefer the inspiration of that first draft? How do you know when you’ve gotten it just right? I’ve…
Read more of “Rewrites…A Blessing or a Bane?”February 23, 2012
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Did you party it up on Fat Tuesday? Maybe some of you celebrate Lent afterward or not? Where am I going with all of this? I’ve decided to turn the next…
Read more of “Mardi Gras, Lent, and a 40 Day Challenge”February 21, 2012
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Where else can you connect with hundreds of fellow writers and dozens of agents/editors all over the course of a three-day weekend? Do you crave…
Read more of “San Francisco Writer’s Conference Weekend”February 16, 2012
I’m attending the annual San Francisco Writer’s Conference this weekend at the Mark Hopkins Hotel! I haven’t been for two years and am looking forward to meeting fellow writers, editors, and agents…
Read more of “San Francisco Writer’s Conference This Weekend”February 14, 2012
Happy Valentine’s Day! I confess that I’m still somewhat weary of this overly commercialized holiday. Nonetheless, I have to admit that lots of good love poetry and stories of longing have resulted…
Read more of “Happy Valentine’s Day!”February 9, 2012
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Ever have a character in your story who doesn’t speak the language in which you are writing? Perhaps you only have one or two characters that speak a…
Read more of “Writing About Characters That Speak Different Languages”February 7, 2012
Ever get one of those friendly invitations from a fellow author to swap stories and critique each other’s work? Perhaps you’ve declined due to being too busy or just plain wondering what good your…
Read more of “Critique Partners…How it Improves Your Own Writing and Karma”February 2, 2012
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Happy Groundhog Day! Remember that Bill Murray movie entitled Groundhog Day where he lives the same day over and over again? Well, for today’s Insecure…
Read more of “Insecure Writer’s Day…Groundhog Day”