Calendar of Events November 2018 to December 2019 https://www.facebook.com/groups/awriterstable/
Writing Goals for This Year
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typerwriter and bleed. Ernest Hemingway November 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 Author Check-in Not Quite Human CMB EVENT: Sign-Ups Open 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 Not Quite Human Ends 2 3
Stay faithful to the stories in your head. Paula Hawkins December 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 Author Check-in 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sherlock Holmes Day 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 CMB EVENT: Sign-Ups Close
We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master. Ernest Hemingway JANUARY 2019 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 Author Check-in 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Winnie the Pooh Day 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4
You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page. Jodi Picoult FEBRUARY 2019 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 Author Check-in EFRB EVENT: Sign-Ups Open 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Library Lover's Day Evil Author Day Visit your International local library! Fanworks Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 Last Day For Artist Sign-Ups 3 4
Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself... It's a self-exploratory operation that is Closeless. Harper Lee MARCH 2019 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 April Sign-Ups Open Author Check-in RT PURGE 3 4 5 Mardi Gras 6 7 8 9 World Book Day 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 April Sign-Ups Close Rough Drafts Due 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 List of Stories for Art Claims! Art Claim Posting 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Art Claims! Match Up Emails 31 1 Alpha/Beta Sign-Ups Close EFRB EVENT: Sign-Ups Close
Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working. Picasso APRIL 2019 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 Take Two Starts 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day 23 24 25 26 27 (Inter)National Tell A Story Day 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 Take Two Ends 5 6
Let the world burn through you. Throw the prism light, white hot, on paper. Ray Bradbury MAY 2019 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 Harry Potter Day Star Wars Day Late Rough Drafts! & Artist Check-In CMRB EVENT: Sign-Ups Open 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final Art Due 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 Final Stories Due Posting Schedule Announcement 2 3
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. Mark Twain JUNE 2019 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 July Sign-Ups Open Posting Begins RT PURGE 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 July Sign-Ups Close Posting Close & Master List Posted 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Post Mortem 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 CMRB EVENT: Sign-Ups Close
The worst thing you write is better than the best thing you didn't write. Anonymous JULY 2019 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Reel End Part 1 Begin Story 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 World 00QRB EVENT: Chocolate Day Sign-Ups Open 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 The Reel End Part 2 Begin Story 2 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 Paperback Book Day The Reel End Ends 4 5
For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word. Catherine Drinker Bowen AUGUST 2019 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 Sign-Ups Open #fanficpalooza Starts EFB EVENT: Sign-Ups Open 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (Inter)National Book Lover's Day 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 00QRB EVENT: Artist Sign-Ups Close 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 #fanficpalooza Ends! 1 2 Note: Fanficpalooza is a month long Facebook celebration of our favorite fics. Just rec your favorites on your own wall and use the hashtag!
Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing masterpieces. Allegra Goodman SEPTEMBER 2019 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Writer's Table is hosting Kink Bingo All Month Long! 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Star Trek Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Hobbit Day! 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 International EFB EVENT: Coffee Day Sign-Ups Close 00QRB EVENT: Writer Sign-Ups Close 6 7
I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose. Stephen King OCTOBER 2019 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 November Sign-Ups Open RT PURGE 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Treat Yo Self Day Dictionary Day November Sign-Ups Close 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 Last Day of Author Sign-Ups 3 4
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. Herman Melville NOVEMBER 2019 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 Author Check-in The Divergent Path CMB EVENT: Sign-Ups Open 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 The Divergent Path Ends 1 2 CMB/CMRB https://everyfandombangs.wordpress.com/ https://criminalmindsbangblog.wordpress.com/
I do not over-intellectualise the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story. Tom Clancy DECEMBER 2019 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Author Check-in Sherlock Holmes Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 CMB EVENT: Sign-Ups Close 5 6