The life most real to me. As evidenced by the preponderance of posts.
I’m at it again. I thought it was just a bit of a break while I reconsidered the next few chapters–and it may well be–but tonight I’m worried again. I added 382 words to Eve tonight, and I’m not real happy with any of them. May is right around the corner. This is the year […]
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Well, yes, they count. Tonight I made two meals, and helped Hope with her homework. She got most of it done. Oh, and I wrote 118 words on Eve. Which is a great thing, considering I’d written not a damned thing since at least Sunday, and possibly Friday. My trick for avoiding writer’s block? Never
There’s a method to the madness of my writing, I’m noticing. When I first start, I’m on fire. I’ve got enough stories to work on that if I’m not enthused (read, “obsessed and chomping at the bit”) I’m not going to work on that piece, I’ll find something else. So there I go. I’m on
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Finally, the explanation of “go ahead and write crap.” Okay, I didn’t say it like that, but I AM a writer, and I like to vary my expressions. From that review, here: One of the absurd rules he strongly suggest that we enforce while writing is “writing three pages a day.” I have read other
When I was browsing Thursday night looking for information about pacing, I came across a quote from “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing a Novel.” Not being a complete idiot, I’m not normally attracted to such books, but the quote was well-written and made sense and clarified something I hadn’t quite thought through, so I
Cruising for what publishers really think of a novel that comes in under their suggested length (they hate ’em, apparently) I stumbled on Orson Scott Card’s writing site. Have you seen this? If you’re interested in writing, it’s certainly worth a visit (plan for an extended stay). He’s quite good at putting things into words
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Discovered when I went to look for it that the end scene from Kat’s first book is GONE!! Oh, this is a snarl-event, let me tell you. That scene was so good. It wrapped up everything while leaving the raison d’etre for the next book, it resonated and shone and damn but it would have
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