Good morning, all! I'm excited to share a resource with you, which I just found. Cian Traynor on Memo'd explores the most painful lessons in creative writing. Here is a sample: There will be times when your mind goes blank, when writing is the last thing you want to do. But your pet project will still be… Continue reading Painful Writing Lessons
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Writing Lessons From November
Mind and Heart Even though my NaNoWriMo failed almost before it had begun, I learned a good deal of things, both practical and heart-related, when writing in November. Get Those Pages Down! ...and Read. I learned to keep going, even if you fall short of your goal. Make another, smaller goal, and write for that.… Continue reading Writing Lessons From November
The Artist’s Way, Week 1, Ch. 0: The 10 Principles Creative People Should Live By
After so long, I am so excited - scared! nervous! ack! - to finally be starting my Artist's Way journey. Again. With you! It is both nerve-wracking and wonderful. When I started this book last spring/summer with a group of friends, it was a group adventure. We were all in it together, and I didn't… Continue reading The Artist’s Way, Week 1, Ch. 0: The 10 Principles Creative People Should Live By
My Blog Mission – Makeover Day 1
The first assignment I got today as part of the 10 Day Blog Makeover, by Daniela Uslan, was this: Write your blog mission statement. Uslan goes on to say that the mission of your blog is the fuel for your blog. It's what everything in your blog should center around - even your headings! Fortunately,… Continue reading My Blog Mission – Makeover Day 1
Snip, Snip, Snip…
On request of my friend btlowry, fellow WordPress writer and blogger, I'm posting another snippet of my own fiction! Lord knows I've been way too mysterious about, so I'm going to try to share more of it up here this year. How does 2016 feel so far? So far for me, it's strange and exciting.… Continue reading Snip, Snip, Snip…
Planning Your Book with NowNovel
I know I said I would post by Friday, but gosh darnit, I just plum forgot! So here I am posting on...Sunday! Haha. I'm going to be honest here, guys. Right now, I'm having a happy moment with my novel revisions, and so I'm posting a really short thing right now! But I think I… Continue reading Planning Your Book with NowNovel
The Crazy, Starving, Disorganized Writer
This is me right now. Crazy, starving and disorganized. From Sharon's Super Secret Eden Blog I'll have a moment where I'm totally in the writing, sweetly diving in, getting all these great ideas...zoning out, like the lady in the above picture... And then I'm like this the next day: N Not a word… Continue reading The Crazy, Starving, Disorganized Writer
The Melding of the Minds, Part 1 – Two Writers Talk About Writing Your Gender-Opposite
I have been struggling to get this post out, and am sorry to say it is coming about two weeks later than I wanted it to. Life has gotten in the way, as it does sometimes. I decided as a sort of compromise that I might make this post into 2 parts, since it is a… Continue reading The Melding of the Minds, Part 1 – Two Writers Talk About Writing Your Gender-Opposite
What IS writing? What Does It Mean? &, Writing What You Know
What does writing mean? For some, it is just scribbling something on a piece of paper. For others, it's a struggle to try and express what they want to put down in words. I have heard it said a lot, "I don't know how to write", or, "I don't write well." This always boggled me.… Continue reading What IS writing? What Does It Mean? &, Writing What You Know
Why I Write
Writing is a bit like sweeping your porch. You sweep the leaves away, but every autumn they come again. No matter how many ideas I have, take note of, or even turn into a poem, a short story, or a novel, there are always more. I think that's one reason I love to be a… Continue reading Why I Write
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