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Week 1 posts / 2021 First Draft: Fire Season
« on: July 14, 2021, 05:58:55 PM »
All right, here's a link to my first draft! I don't know what it's doing but it sure is doing SOMETHING.
He comes at dusk, the shadow man.
He hovers in the corner of my vision, dissolving when I look straight at him, looming when I look away. Sometimes he is indistinct, smudged at his edges like smoke, only the suggestion of a man?s shape and a man?s height. Other times, he seems almost solid. At those moments, I believe that if I turn just enough, if I squint just right, he might even have a face I could know.
Read the rest here: https://erinfulmerwrites.wordpress.com/2021/07/14/wim-2021-first-draft/
He comes at dusk, the shadow man.
He hovers in the corner of my vision, dissolving when I look straight at him, looming when I look away. Sometimes he is indistinct, smudged at his edges like smoke, only the suggestion of a man?s shape and a man?s height. Other times, he seems almost solid. At those moments, I believe that if I turn just enough, if I squint just right, he might even have a face I could know.
Read the rest here: https://erinfulmerwrites.wordpress.com/2021/07/14/wim-2021-first-draft/
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Week 0 posts / 2021 Prompt Reaction - Shadow People and Fire Spirits
« on: July 14, 2021, 05:56:28 PM »
Here's my blog post on the prompt for Writer in Motion 2021!
https://erinfulmerwrites.wordpress.com/2021/07/09/writer-in-motion-2021-the-prompt/
https://erinfulmerwrites.wordpress.com/2021/07/09/writer-in-motion-2021-the-prompt/
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Writer & Editor Bios / Re: Erin Fulmer - Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
« on: July 14, 2021, 05:52:36 PM »
Replying here to update my info!
Name: Erin Fulmer
Preferred Pronouns: She/Her
Bio: Erin Fulmer is a life-long writer, real-life social justice warrior (i.e. legal services lawyer), politics junkie, and general bookworm. She got her first taste of writing for an audience as a fanfic author in the 2000s (dating herself here) but convinced herself it was just for fun. She was lying to herself because writing and worldbuilding turned out to be her passion. She lives in sunny California with her husband and two demanding cat daughters.
What type of stories do you write? Urban/contemporary fantasy and soft science fiction with wisecracking heroines and a dash of social commentary.
What are you working on right now?
My novel WIP is a steampunk/clockpunk fantasy with a central f/f relationship between a dragon-rescuing gearwitch and a dragon-killing saint.
My Writer In Motion 2021 Project:
Fire Season
Connect With Me:
Website and Blog: https://erinfulmerwrites.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErinFulmer
https://linktr.ee/ErinFulmer
Name: Erin Fulmer
Preferred Pronouns: She/Her
Bio: Erin Fulmer is a life-long writer, real-life social justice warrior (i.e. legal services lawyer), politics junkie, and general bookworm. She got her first taste of writing for an audience as a fanfic author in the 2000s (dating herself here) but convinced herself it was just for fun. She was lying to herself because writing and worldbuilding turned out to be her passion. She lives in sunny California with her husband and two demanding cat daughters.
What type of stories do you write? Urban/contemporary fantasy and soft science fiction with wisecracking heroines and a dash of social commentary.
What are you working on right now?
My novel WIP is a steampunk/clockpunk fantasy with a central f/f relationship between a dragon-rescuing gearwitch and a dragon-killing saint.
My Writer In Motion 2021 Project:
Fire Season
Connect With Me:
Website and Blog: https://erinfulmerwrites.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ErinFulmer
https://linktr.ee/ErinFulmer
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Week 5 posts / Final Thoughts - The Witch of Blue Ridge and WIM 2020
« on: September 06, 2020, 03:40:16 AM »
This was such a fun project! I'm so glad I joined and met all of you. 
https://erinfulmerwrites.wordpress.com/2020/09/05/writerinmotion-week-5-final-thoughts/
https://erinfulmerwrites.wordpress.com/2020/09/05/writerinmotion-week-5-final-thoughts/
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Week 4 posts / Week 4 - Final Draft: The Witch of Blue Ridge
« on: August 29, 2020, 08:17:16 PM »
Read it here: https://erinfulmerwrites.wordpress.com/
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Week 3 posts / Re: Strangers (Third Draft)
« on: August 17, 2020, 10:29:47 PM »
Looking good, Shayna! That ending is killer. (pun intended)
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Week 3 posts / Re: We Who Paint The Trees - CP Edits!
« on: August 16, 2020, 11:26:02 PM »
This ending gets me every time. It's so beautiful and disturbing at the same time.
Love this draft! You and your CPs did a great job!
Love this draft! You and your CPs did a great job!
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Week 3 posts / Third Draft: The Witch of Blue Ridge
« on: August 16, 2020, 11:10:52 PM »
Week 3 is already upon us! My critique partners and I started this round a bit early, as we all had our self-edited drafts ready to go. I?m so grateful to my CPs for their help in this round of the Writer In Motion event. I was nervous about the process, since this was my first time doing the event, but I had no reason to be. In fact, everyone I?ve met and interacted with through WIM has been incredibly kind, talented, and friendly.
My CPs and I swapped drafts of our stories in Word and used track changes and comments to leave feedback. I received both high-level feedback and input on word use and structure that tightened the prose to give more space for the story.
Thanks to their insights, I was able to clarify my character?s motivation, highlight the turning point that brings her to sacrifice her isolation for a stranger, and add a few touches that illuminate her backstory.
Draft and more notes on process here:
https://erinfulmerwrites.wordpress.com/2020/08/16/writerinmotion-week-3-cp-edit-the-witch-of-blue-ridge/
My CPs and I swapped drafts of our stories in Word and used track changes and comments to leave feedback. I received both high-level feedback and input on word use and structure that tightened the prose to give more space for the story.
Thanks to their insights, I was able to clarify my character?s motivation, highlight the turning point that brings her to sacrifice her isolation for a stranger, and add a few touches that illuminate her backstory.
Draft and more notes on process here:
https://erinfulmerwrites.wordpress.com/2020/08/16/writerinmotion-week-3-cp-edit-the-witch-of-blue-ridge/
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Week 2 posts / Re: Second Draft: The Witch of Blue Ridge
« on: August 15, 2020, 05:05:18 PM »I really like the new beginning - it gives it an immediate supernatural air. And I LOVE the reveal at the end!
Thank you, Vicky! Those were my two big changes so I'm relieved they worked for you!
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Week 2 posts / Re: The Watcher in the Vale - second draft
« on: August 14, 2020, 04:21:34 AM »
Loving this story, Dan! Fascinating premise and obviously very polished, professional writing. The ending made me wonder if soldiers from both/all sides of the conflict were coming to the oracle.
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Week 1 posts / Re: First Draft: Exile
« on: August 14, 2020, 02:56:48 AM »
I enjoyed this so much. Great characters and conflict with a really interesting backstory. Love the caretaking bot. Glad you're joining us!
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Week 2 posts / Re: The Bride (2nd draft, self-edits)
« on: August 14, 2020, 02:34:54 AM »
Ooh, I like this change. I think you're right about making them work for their HEA!
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Week 2 posts / Re: The Lighthouse - Self Edit
« on: August 14, 2020, 02:12:12 AM »
Nice work, Helena! A poignant and honest picture of post-divorce bitterness.
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Week 2 posts / Re: Second Draft: The Witch of Blue Ridge
« on: August 12, 2020, 09:04:02 PM »Lovely, lovely story. It's tighter and more immersive. Also, the lack of a name didn't bother me at all this time. I think you're right; she's better without a name. Nice work!
Thank you so much, Dan! I think she gave up her name when she went into the forest. She doesn't care for the person who gave it to her, after all.
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Week 2 posts / Re: Second Draft: The Witch of Blue Ridge
« on: August 12, 2020, 08:59:45 PM »Erin, I?m absolutely in love with this version. I love how you?ve really delved into the Witch?s abilities and how ethereal she is.
On a personal note, thank you, Witch of Blue Ridge. <3
Thank you! I'm so relieved it works. I think one thing this process has revealed to me is that I can happily spit out a first draft and feel good about it, but when I go to edit I get way too close and start second-guessing myself every which (witch?) way.
And
from the witch, and from me 