admin | May 7, 2013
I’m working on a new story. I have my heroine, and I’m grabbing at my hero. He’s proving a little bit elusive, but I’m in charge around here! ;-) So–I started a synopsis because I was preparing a pitch, and I needed some coherent words. The synopsis I have is about three pages. It’ll probably [...]
admin | April 9, 2013
and I’m writing this in the wee hours of the morning. Instead of sleeping. Two constants on my blog. Sleeplessness and whining about hot weather. They kind of go hand in hand. It’s too hot to sleep. Yesterday, I edited nine pages, but three of them were a rewrite. I had a long-distance phone conversation [...]
admin | February 22, 2013
I have errands to run, need to buy towels and the house is empty of fruit. When I was a child, we never had sweets–cakes, cookies, candy–in the house, but we almost always had fruit. I feel so deprived when we don’t have it around here, I almost had to make the crazy woman’s Walmart [...]
admin | January 29, 2013
A needful task in real life and in fiction. In real life, think of the times you give someone a break because you know they’ve been through things that tend to cause certain behaviors. Same in fiction. You want to create characters who provoke empathy from both readers and your other characters. In the story [...]
admin | January 3, 2013
I took two days off. (Well, minimal progress.) Taking any day off is always a mistake for me. I have to motivate and motivate again to restart. Even though I love what I’m working on. I will never understand the mind of a writer. (My own mind.) I love writing. Free time and no distraction [...]
admin | December 31, 2012
And also New Year’s Eve. We never plan big doings for New Year’s. We have a meal and watch a movie. Or Two. Or listen to some music. We don’t love the crowds and the crazy drivers, and this year’s holidays have been pretty full. The beloved may feel differently, but I’m ready to welcome [...]
admin | December 28, 2012
Another workday! Funny how I’ve given up procrastination after about ten days of being kept from work. I’m writing this in the wee hours of Thursday-Friday, huddled beneath a blanket because our heat is not especially effective once the temp drops into the 20s. I like that the house is a touch chilly, but my [...]
admin | December 27, 2012
Holidays are over around here. It’s back to work. I’m doing two projects right now. An edit to resubmit and a new story that’s spinning its way into life. I’m trying not to give it too much direction so far because letting it flow is feeling the most satisfying. Turns out I believe in control [...]
admin | November 5, 2012
I look forward to Mondays usually. The rest of the world goes back to their places of business. I jump back into my ms. I get stuff done. Not in silence around here, but I can find relative silence in my favorite writing destinations around town. All that is true today. Except… This is usually [...]
admin | November 1, 2012
Guess what I was not planning to do this November. National Novel Writing Month. But I have this friend. I’m looking at you, Kimberly Dean. A couple of nights ago, she texted me these fateful words. “Are you doing Nano?” I had considered and rejected doing Nano, but who can resist leaping into a crazy [...]