“Honey, I love you a lot, but when we go in there, try not to be so much yourself as usual, okay?” We were standing outside of my boyfriend’s house, poised for of all things, a funeral. I was sixteen, two years before I met irowboat, and for some reason I don’t remember anything else … More Deep Thoughts, Served Late
Well, hello. I know, I know. I kinda disappeared for a few days. Oh a week? Ok then, I disappeared for a week. Funny, I thought that getting my novel done so fast might free up some time and attention for things like blogging, but that time and attention has gone into things like sleep, … More Getting Back to Writing
Day Thirteen: 19,555 of 50,000 This is a good month to slay a sacred cow. What I mean by a sacred cow, is that story we’ve been wanting to write for years. You know the one. Maybe it’s even the story that made us want to start writing. It’s a perfect idea, one we must … More Slaying Sacred Cows
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! So many of us feel like we have this huge big story lying only half asleep within us, waiting only for the moment we have the … More Inspiration #7
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! I found this bit of wisdom on Neil Gaiman’s blog. Since I talk so much about first drafts, I thought we could use a bit of … More Inspiration #6
Day Twenty One: 37,279 of 50,000 words I write fast. And messy. It’s how I’ve learned to do things. It’s because at heart I’m a classic overthinker; if I don’t get words on the page before I have a chance to analyze what I’m doing, it doesn’t happen. Perfectionism is the middle name of my … More Musing Upon Shitty First Drafts
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! Basically, if you want to become a good writer, you need to do three things. Read a lot, listen well and deeply, and write a lot. … More Inspiration #5
Day Eighteen: 28,481 of 50,000 words I was going to blog tonight, but this damned plot has finally started to put itself together in some semblance of a story – it’s still a bit like a paper maché sculpture dropped in a full bathtub, but I think I can see the shape of things to … More I Ask You….
Day 6: 8,730 of 50,000 words I have a hard time doing awful things. Not in life – well, that’s probably a lie. I’m mostly a good person, but I’m sure it depends on who you ask. What I mean is, I have a hard time doing terrible things to my characters. I keep looking … More Doing Terrible Things to Good (and bad) People
Day Ten: 19,041 of 50,000 words When I catch myself researching how to write something, I know I’m in trouble. I just caught myself researching how to blog. Damn. The last few nights, between catching up on the blog and writing fiction, it’s the fiction that’s won. And for the last few nights, I’ve been … More You know when you have a perfect idea and sit down and write it perfectly? Yeah, me either.
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