Day: September 28, 2015

The 2015 RRofihe Trophy No-Fee Short Story Contest

Submissions are now being accepted for the 2015 RRofihe Trophy No-Fee Short Story Contest. Unpublished short stories between
3,500 and 5,000 words in length are considered.

Prizes: $500 cash, trophy, announcement & publication on anderbo.com
Deadline: October 15, 2015
Entry fee: Free

For more information and submission guidelines, please visit their website.

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Some Alternatives to Keep You Writing Happily Despite an Injury

writer with a broken arm can't writeI have tendinitis in my wrists, which has made typing — shall we say — a tad difficult. No typing meant I couldn’t even dream of meeting my word count goal of 1,500 words per day towards my latest novel.

After a week of Netflix bingeing, my husband was like, “You need to do some writing.” To which I responded, “I can’t.” To which he replied, “Why don’t you dictate it?” Well, that’s when I decided to look into some ways to create that didn’t involve me sitting at my computer typing.

Obviously, if the limbs you use for writing are injured — tendinitis, a broken arm, carpal tunnel — the best alternative is to learn to type with your feet. Kidding. The best alternative is probably to speak what you would have written. If you want to do that, there are two options: speaking into a recording device and having it transcribed or using speech-to-text software. Continue reading “Some Alternatives to Keep You Writing Happily Despite an Injury”