Wahoo! I've registered once again for NaNoWrimo, and so should you. What do I love about NaNoWriMo? That it frees me from doubt for one month of my life. Oh, I've got other doubts still clinging ravenously to my brain and soul, but NaNo vanquishes the doubt of plot--the is my character doing the right …
must have a death wish for my sanity…
I've got another writing idea and have decided not to reveal it just yet because I like to tease for the attention. No, actually for two real reasons. One--it is in the development stage. Two--I don't want anybody to tell me I don't have time or to ask if this will take away time from …
What do you mean I killed that character already?
Once I wrote this scene involving a girl and her grandmother. I was just about finished when I realized that the grandmother had DIED earlier in the plot--and I wasn't writing a ghost story. So tonight, I'm working on these scenes--two characters in two different places blissfully unaware what the other on is doing. Only …
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Give Me Something I Can Write About
Gotta watch... Don't Stop Now...I mean it. Really. Don't.
two friends I wish I had…
Here's a great writer interview to read. http://dir.salon.com/story/books/int/2005/10/08/gaiman_clarke/index.html I loved Susanna Clarke's first novel, and although I have yet to read one of his books, I love Neil Gaiman too (even I'm not sure how that is possible, but there you go). Anyway, the two of them are friends and have given this interview to …
might as well enjoy the effort
dancer out of proportion Originally uploaded by mercie w This seems to go with the mood below.
You were a jerk before…
Today in a conversation circle with my students, one of them asked me what I wanted to be doing with my life in two or three years. Typically my students ask me what my favorite food is and what my husband does, so I was surprised and pleased with the question. Usually I don't say …
Writing Zen and Mommy Zen and the Reality Between
What should I say about Momma Zen? I don't often like to read "mom" books. Just looking at them makes me feel like once I gave birth I stopped being me and started A's mom. Being my son's mother is a wonder everyday and I would give up everything if things came down to it, …
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Ambition vs. Ability
To send out work or not to send out work? Is it enough to write and keep it in a box? Why write if the idea of someone reading it is terrifying? How many rejections before either you should just give yourself over to your day job? Maybe my work is too ____________ for ordinary …
Putting in my request for more time…
I'm trying to think of a reason to post another Neil Finn picture...hell, do I need a reason? We'll see. Writing is a full-time job--not a hobby. Or I'd like it to be. I could write, research, blog, and connect all day. As my fictional world spreads across the interenet, the realization grows that there …
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