Well, people do stomach crunches, right? Why not writing crunches? Let's face it--more writing time is not going to descend from the heavens, wash up on the shore, or get left on the doorstep. Every time a writer says, "I'll write it when I've got more time" that Party Girl Time blows another noisemaker and …
Taking Over and Ruling the World (this corner of it, anyway)
The last post was about loving your work, and a reader left a comment about becoming deeply involved with her characters, and it just hit me...I don't know how I'm ever going to leave these people. Several characters write on their own blog. Two of them are on Facebook. I write something of their story …
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The Rewrite Chronicles: The Little Idiot
Last week love was in the air. Or rather, on the page. Like the tree in The Last Unicorn that falls in love with Schmendrick the Magician, I just wanted to hug my own words and say, "Oh, love, love, love, love, love..." Oh, but a fool and her words are soon parted. How does …
Traipsing off the Path and into the Dead
Sure, getting some real work done might be a better use of time, but since when has time wanted to be used wisely? Why, maybe it isn't Father Time at all. No serious, gray-bearded man towering over us, tapping his yellowing fingernail on his ticking watch and saying, "Well, get on with it then." Maybe …
Love Scene: Her Hair Breaks His Heart
What is a scene you love? Not book. Scene. A scene that when you read it, your heart moved--rushed, zipped, jolted--to another part of your body. Sometimes when I'm stuck, I take that scene of the shelf and read it again. If I really loved it, it still gives me a rush. That rush carries …
The Rewrite Chronicles: The Mom vs Writer Smackdown
Do you have healthy attitude about your writing? Now, if you ask me what I mean by healthy attitude, I've no idea. I was hoping you'd know. Here's the thing. I've crossed a line. Drunk the koolaid. Swallowed the hook, the line, and the sinker. Whatever--but do any of these things sound healthy to you? …
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Badgering: The Viagra Edition
Well, fellow writers, What have you written for me lately? What do you need? What would get you back in that chair--assuming you aren't there (or you are there but you aren't writing). Tiny badger is considering his options. Option One: throwing tiny but sharp objects at you if you leave your desk. Don't underestimate …
The Rewrite Chronicles: One Fool–Lots of Passion
There is no other word like giddy. Happy? Gleeful? Cheery? No. Excited? Pleased? mmm...no. For the first time in a long time, I got to spend almost the entire day writing. Not staring at the page, but writing. The feeling I used to get when I was 18 and spent a few minutes talking to …
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Ink People: Dorothy–my first true love
The angst has got to stop. What better way to stop self-obsessing than to turn the page to somebody else? So, let's take Dorothy Gale on the farm in Kansas, fresh faced and about to go a witch-killing spree. Okay, maybe two doesn't count as a spree, but she's a killer nonetheless. Why has Dorothy …
And then you…
You have ideas. You have a pile of ideas. Now what do you do?
Marta Bacon 