Wasting Time Part 2
I did manage to work 2 of the intended 3 hours. In between, I re-charted my novella re-write schedule on a spreadsheet, looked for a little word count tool for the side of my new blog, and checked my...
View ArticleWasting Time
It’s appropriate that I start this new blog with a post about wasting time, since wasting time is why I decided to launch this blog, and wasting time (as far as writing fiction is concerned) is what I...
View ArticleDon’t Talk to Me After 7pm
There are morning people and night people. I don’t know if this is genetic or biological or formed by circumstances and habit. When my children were little, the only way I could get time to myself was...
View ArticleRipping Off the Band-aid
Why has it taken my so many years to learn this and why am I still learning it? Getting started writing is best done like ripping off the band-aid with one shot of pain instead of inching the adhesive...
View ArticleHalf a Writer
I wrote for an hour and fifteen minutes of my 2-hour writing time yesterday and hopes to “catch up” in the evening didn’t pan out. I wrote for an hour of my 2-hour writing time this morning and the...
View ArticleTiny Cuts
If Sam smacked his shoulder one more time, he’d punch the guy in the nose. Aside from being mundane, lacking insight, a bit cliched, and lacking in pronoun clarity, this sentence appeared to be doing a...
View ArticlePressure
What is it about me that I can’t resist a challenge? I can’t resist a contest or an invite that slithers across my screen and demands I drop everything … NOW! Maybe it’s distraction, the lure of...
View ArticleI’m Telling You …
I think 90% of the time when I’m editing and thinking my fiction sucks, it’s because I’m telling and not showing. It’s nice to know it can be fixed. Knowing that, makes editing fun. I know how to fix...
View ArticleEvery Word
Note to self: every word you write, every line you edit, every story you tell, makes you a better writer.
View ArticleThat Muse is a Sneaky, Subtle Spirit
Some don’t believe in The Muse, and neither do I — not in the sense of a lady in lavender or something similar. But I do believe in the creative process which can feel magical, as if a spirit is...
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