I have been writing for a very, very long time. It’s hard to put an exact number on it because I literally cannot remember a time that I wasn’t writing. The first story that I can vividly recall was one I wrote as part of a short story competition with my brothers. It was titled, appropriately, “The Competition,” and detailed… Read more »
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” –Douglas Adams Oh, Mr. Adams. Not only were you a brilliant and hilarious writer, but you were a speaker of truth. Deadlines can help me knuckle down and produce, but they also love to go rushing by without being met. Especially the self-imposed variety. It’s too easy… Read more »
It’s been an interesting time for me as a writer recently. I was so full of optimism when I set out on my editing journey, and visions of book contracts danced in my dreams. I still feel good about novel 6, but the doubt has begun to creep in. It’s slower going than I expected. I’m itching to start something… Read more »
…or so the saying goes. I think that the consensus among writers is that editing sucks. Rewriting sucks. Polishing sucks. While there are certainly some frustrating aspects to it, I actually rather enjoy it. Covering clean printed pages with scribbles of brightly colored ink is almost cathartic. I can look at the edited pages and feel like I’m really doing something…. Read more »
Well, I’ve been saying it for weeks. Now it’s time to pay up or shut up, and since I’ve never been particularly good at shutting up, I guess I better just do it. I write pretty slowly, and I outline thoroughly prior to writing. While I write, I also maintain an Excel spreadsheet with all the scenes being updated as… Read more »
Okay, so…yeah. It’s been forever. I know. I set up a repeating to-do on Todoist for a blog post, and every day I get a reminder telling me how overdue I am. I am now up to 102 days overdue. Oops. In my defense (and because, fuck, no one reads this anyway), I had a lot of shit going on. After… Read more »
August is here! That means summer is on the wane, the nights are again growing longer, and we are all a little frantic in enjoying the few weeks of it left. Of course, I am lucky enough to live somewhere that winter is barely distinguishable from summer, but still, those short days and cooler temps get to me! But I’m… Read more »
Yesterday, I got off work at 7:30 AM. I rode my bike straight home, changed into workout clothes (I just got these new capris from Old Navy tall and I was so excited to try them out!), and busted out a grueling hourlong workout. Then I had to immediately shower and hop into my car to make it to brunch… Read more »
I have a proposal for a new form of book. I think it’s going to be a hit! These new books would start out just like current novels. At first, you wouldn’t even know that anything was different. You would be drawn into a carefully developed world, with realistic characters playing out their lives’ drama against a sweeping, deep history…. Read more »
Another month has come and gone! I don’t know how it happens so fast. They seem so long when they are happening and then BAM. Gone. Between the training team and ORSE, June was just as bad for writing as I was afraid. With my little retreat, however, I was able to make up some ground and finish the month a… Read more »