Hello, all. I just wanted to say that I'm not dead (yet). This week has been relatively consumed with starting the second novel – yes, I found an idea nearly immediately and am 18,000 words in now – and getting things together for my trip to San Francisco for A Night of Writing Dangerously. In … More The Briefest of Updates
Like many advice givers, I'm afraid I can't follow my own. I still have some 10,000 words left of October, having been put off schedule slightly by all the excitement, and I'll be writing with my head down and blinders on from now until tomorrow night. But I just wanted to say: thank you. I … More A Very Brief Note, for there is writing to do
It doesn't matter what our reasons are. We could be writing a novel in a month just to know if we can, to see if we want to be writers, because we are bored, because we want an excuse to not talk to anyone at Thanksgiving. Maybe we want to try that novel idea we've … More NaNoWriMo Prep: Know Why
Originally posted on Betsy Norman:
NaNoWriMo. No, I’m not saying “Hello!” from the planet Ork. NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month. The month in question being November, which is poised to sneak and pounce on us likewise the way September basically immaterialized before our very eyes. (Was there a September this year? Did…
Originally posted on A Letter at a Time:
Ash rained from the sky today. It stuck to my windshield wipers and my hair, and collected on the blacktop like sinister snow. The air smells of smoke, a friendly kind of smoke that reminds me of hot dogs and blackened marshmellows melting squares of Hershey's. But this isn't campfire smoke. It is the smell … More A Burning Metaphor
Originally posted on WanderLust:
From Advice to Writers: All hail the Queen. Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have “essential” and “long overdue” meetings on those days. The funny thing is that, although writing has been my actual job for several years now, I still seem…
This month is presenting a bit of a challenge for keeping track of my word count, as it’s being blogged (for the most part – some writing is going to have to remain too shitty to share), so I’ll have to keep track through more unconventional means than simply looking up at the word count … More May
Every Sunday, I choose a passage of wisdom from someone who knows better and much more than I do about writing, life, the universe and/or everything. Share and enjoy! “Some people see art as a matter of control. I see it mostly as a matter of self-control. It’s like this: in me is a story … More Inspiration #16
This is my first post from this month’s novel project over at domesticatedpixie.wordpress.com. It’s still being fleshed out, but please feel free to come over and participate in the world I’m making, or just to read and see what crap happens under pressure. I could use some snarky faerie comments any time. Day One Welcome to my … More Day One Without Magic
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