I often feel that as a responsible human, I should stay informed about my fellow humans. Yes, injustice and depravity have always existed, but...damn, y'all. Cruelty feels ramped up to terrifying levels. This may certainly be because we have access to news 24/7 from hundreds of streams. We are so flooded with nightmare fuel, we …
Tag: writing
‘Tis Again a Zine
I've been getting back into zines. I think I've mentioned this before, but I'm going to talk about it again because now I have a zine shelf! So, I bought a few at conventions a few years before the pandemic, and then during the pandemic, I made a few as part of Story-a-Day May. Each …
Sailing the NaNoWriMo Sea
The tide of National Novel Writing Month is upon us. Are you getting into storytelling ship and setting out on the turbulent sea? Or are you staying on shore, watching other mad sailors disappear over the horizon, sink under the waves? Perhaps the metaphor is wrong, but it went with my gold ocean up there. …
The Rewrite Chronicles
Ages ago I bought Scrivener. It looked cool with all its tabs and features, but I could never motivate myself to use. Opening a Word doc was easier. But my work-in-progress, The Fairy Tale Asylum, has finally motivated me to make the most of what I paid for. The motivating factor being choreography. The Asylum …
Storytelling
I don't remember the interview, but I do remember an interviewer in which JK Rowling said how it surprised her that not everyone wanted to be a writer. And sure, I understand that we all want to do different things and that is a good thing. We need firefighters and teachers and all those other …
Where do characters come from?
JK Rowling explained how Harry Potter appeared in her mind while she was on a train. Toni Morrison came up with the idea for Beloved after she read a newspaper article about a former slave murdering her child. J.R.R. Apparently, Tolkien imagined a hobbit while he was grading student exams (which gives me hope every …
Maybe Some Stories Are Too Revered for Their Own Good
To Kill a Mockingbird was never my favorite book. I liked the book. I liked it a lot. And I loved Gregory Peck in the movie. He was perfect. But I never considered naming any child of mine Atticus or Scout. They're great names and more power to you if you picked either of them …
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Writing, writing, writing, with life thrown in there somewhere…
I need a lot of naps. I love naps. Life is better with a nap. I've been writing for Story-a-Day May. I'm posting what I've written on my other blog, The Fairy Tale Asylum. And every time I go to take a nap or even just to go to bed, I think, I should be …
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At this moment…
One lesson I've taken from Rowling (and she's not the only author to do this) is to write the ending of the series first. Well, actually, I already had the ending written. I've rewritten it with a few new ideas in mind. Now I have something to work towards. Although what I have in mind …
Speaking of Failure
Many things inspire me. As you know, the Internet contains a vast amount of creativity. Every day I see beautiful things, lovely films, charming images, quirky poems, and on and on. Yes, I realize it harbors many horrors, but that's not where I wish to spend my time. Anyway, I see talented people everywhere. Not …
