Category: Writing process
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Clever words have I none…
In an ongoing effort to be accountable to myself I’ve decided to begin – yet again – writing each day on my blog, however to simplify things I’m going to follow a template. It may change from time to time, but basically the plan is to have an ongoing record of my fits and…
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Sigh…life!
So…got a couple hundred words done today. Not as much as I wanted, but better than nothing. 😉 Grocery shopping, cooking dinner, family stuff…good day…I’m blessed of that I am sure. God really is good! Back to client work tomorrow, plan to get in at least one hour total of writing time by the end…
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New story…maybe a series?
I’ve been kicking around a story for about 4 or 5 years now. Sad, I know. But no matter how hard I try to kill it, it just keeps coming back. Ever had that happen to you? It’s like something caught in your throat…you cough and “ahem” but the feeling won’t go away. So…after I…
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Shadow World
A novel I’ve been working on for a couple of years is refusing to die. The story is so strong in my mind that it keeps reminding me that it’s waiting for me. So, tonight I plan to pull the story out, dust it off (figuratively speaking, it’s in bits and bytes, lol) and…
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Crybaby…
Why, oh why do I always cry? I see a sappy commercial, here come the tears… Watch a movie…tears. That is, unless it’s a drama or something else. But one of the times I seem to cry the hardest is when I listen to worship music. I’ve been in a charismatic church before when suddenly…
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Time UnManagement and Other Ramblings…
Time management is my achilles heel. I struggle with it, always have struggled with it. I’m frustrated that I don’t have enough time to do what I want to do (write fiction) yet thankful that I can make a living doing what I do (write nonfiction)! It’s the proverbial grass is greener on the other…
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Sunshine!
Yeah!! Spring has finally arrived! We’re in the 60s now, birds are singing, flowers are growing and even the frogs are croaking! Earlier this week we bought a boat. It’s not a new one, but who cares. It’s for fishing. I’m not really a fish eater…that’s the hubs…but I do enjoy getting out on the…
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Progress, not perfection…right?
Yeah!! Yesterday I wrapped up The Rot…FINALLY! Yeah! What was – I thought – supposed to be a short story ended up being a short novella, around 13,000 words. So far, this is the longest story I’ve written…which is a good thing actually, because I do want to write novels as well as…
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Having Fun
A short post. Having lots of fun writing The Rot, can’t wait to see how it ends. It’s given me a surprise or two so far, so we’ll see. Today was a good day…wrote some this morning, then did my client work, laundry, cooking, usual family stuff, then work on this website and other miscellaneous…