ieva melgalve

I did 1000+ words today and, combined with yesterday’s 700+, I’ve somehow done more than a half of my weekly goal. It seems that the weekly goal is a good idea, at least for somebody having a family and a day job because it helps to do at least some words every day (instead of [...]

It always surprises and delights me how my husband points out the basic flaws and asks just the right questions about my stories. He knows next to nothing about the structure and style and whatnot (or perhaps he knows but is deliberately hiding it), and thus he asks about the forest, not the trees. So [...]

This is vaguely prompted by this excellent post at Holly Lisle’s, concerning people giving and receiving advice on her site. Now, first, it figures very much; I’d be pissed too if somebody went over to this blog and critiqued (especially if badly) somebody else under “as Ieva would say” premise. My house, my rules and [...]

My story, “The Time-squeezer” (soon to be named “The Time Squeezer” as you pointed this out as a better version) received 39 crits this far in critters.org and I must admit that I haven’t even read them all, much less sent an appropriate thank-you note to all who dedicated their time to reading and reviewing [...]