Category: Living the Writing Life
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Well… That Was Fun
Vacation’s over! I did my hair (took two weeks, yes two weeks) bought a bed and built an office (including computer) I’m tuckered out. I’m all relaxed and out of the writer brain. So peaceful. So completely maddening. Back to work and I’ve finally lost the thread of thought that’s been dogging my heels for…
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Naming Names
I don’t know about the rest of you but I love a good name. Fanciful ones, really apt ones, names that sneak up with new meaning later on in the tale – I love a good name. Which means I’m also certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that I almost always fail at finding…
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The 3R’s: Writing, Reading and Arithmetic Part 2 of 2
Reading Remember reading? The joys of curling up with a good book, transported to lands and times beyond yourself, in the company of heroes and villains that thrilled and confounded you at every turn? Sometimes I miss it. I’m not entirely sure when it happened but the way I read changed over time. Worlds become…
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The 3R’s: Writing, Reading & Arithmetic Part 1 of 2
Remember way back in the day when the rules of education were as simple as the three R’s? When just being well versed in the basics of Writing, Reading and Arithmetic were more than enough to prepare you for a lifetime as a responsible adult (whatever that is) and productive member of society? Things have…
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Rock, Hill, My Poor Back!
So I’ve done it. I’m a writer! Except I don’t make any money (I really need to change that) not many people are reading my book (I’ve got to fix that) and somewhere in the midst of all that I have to find time to write even more and improve my craft. Why hello giant…
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Scheduling
One of the first things I learned when I sat down to write my first novel was, scheduling is a bitch. Finding time to write in, even when you’re ‘unemployed’ isn’t as easy as it sounds. You really think you’ll just casually roll up to the computer at some point in the day and start…
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Muse Food
Muses are fickle fey things, apt to hop out of the car right when your pants are off and all the blood is flowing downhill. Inconvenient. Vexing. Vital. So what can we do to keep these lovely creative lubricants around all the way to the finish? Turns out, there’s actually quite a lot. First is…
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I’m On Vacation!
Writer’s write. Yeah, yeah, you’ve heard it about a million times before. It’s still true. Here’s the thing no one tells you about this particular truism – writer’s write, even when they don’t want to. Right now I’m supposed to be on a much needed ‘break’ or even ‘vacation,’ time for me to do about…
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Blog Pussycat, Blog, Blog!
Hey there bloggers, writers, the crickets that I’m going to go ahead and pretend is the sound of an expectant audience hanging on my every word, blogging is difficult. Not so much figuring out what you have to say and then saying it, a basic level fencepost gossip can do as much. No, it’s the…
Blargle Splect: Writerly Musings & Blather 