Tips and tricks abound to aid the creative process. I’ve become familiar with some very clever ones, often through the warm and wise counsel of accomplished author Catherine A. Noon. She introduced me to the multi-talented Julia Cameron, for example, … Continue reading →
I’ve been making a real attempt to renovate the front garden this year. The neighbors must be pleased; I know I am. While gardening is invigorating, if often sweaty and exhausting work, the results have been spectacular. But as punishment … Continue reading →
Recently I resumed gardening with a vengeance, renovating neglected areas of the yard as summer simmers in my region of the United States. Succumbing to cliché, I can’t help making an analogy with my fiction writing and the situation currently … Continue reading →
While I am posting this several days late, there are several achievements of which I am very proud. For one, I figured out how to set up events in Google Calendar and share them. Yeah, yeah, I’m behind the times, … Continue reading →
I’m writing this post two days late because I forgot when it was due. Unfortunately, the online calendar I relied upon to keep track has been dismantled, the domain name now up for grabs. It’s just a modern example of … Continue reading →
I have several stories that have never been completed. As the title of this post suggests, I essentially wrote myself into a corner. The problem returned to mind when I completed the following word game with my partner: We ended … Continue reading →
A few days ago, I succeeded in amassing a fifty thousand word rough draft to meet the National Novel Writing Month challenge. I am grateful to NaNoWriMo creators at the non-profit Office of Letters & Light, as well as members … Continue reading →
It’s no secret that I’m participating with National Novel Writing Month (NaNo for short). Sadly, I find myself in a very different place from when I wrote my Writer Wednesday installment for this blog. Today I sit at the keyboard … Continue reading →
Today I find myself nearly smack in the middle of National Novel Writing Month. If you’re a writer, I hope you’re with me. This, my third effort, started shakily. With only a title thought up on a whim, one character … Continue reading →
My friend, Kimberley Troutte, is up for several awards and I wanted to chat with her about the awards process and how it fits in with the rest of her writing. She was kind enough to take time out of … Continue reading →