Tag: fiction writing
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Book Review!
How to Write Short Stories And Use Them to Further Your Writing Career by James Scott Bell My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you love short stories and want to write them, this book should be on your “buy” list. Bell gives readers practical, easy-to-understand descriptions on how to write short stories that make…
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So, There Is a Word to Describe The Way I Write!
Two words, to be precise. Methodological Pantser. Check out this video from Ellen Brock, Editor and see if you spot your own writing style. It’s so good to know that there are other crazies out there like myself, lol. This explains so much. I’m finally back writing my story again, and it feels good –…
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Try. Fail. Try Again. Fail Better. Rinse and Repeat.
I blame fast food. Not only for America’s (and the world’s) waistlines, but for our inability to be patient. To wait. I’m sure there are other culprits. Social media. Phone apps. Electricity. Yes. Electricity. Think about it. Turn a switch, instant light. Well. Maybe “instant gratification” isn’t always a bad thing… Anyway, on to my…
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And she’s back…again…
With her tail between her legs…oh, wait… Seriously though, how is everyone? I’m still writing for clients, with this poor little blog – among other writing projects – taking a back seat. Not good! Oh well…I’m back to it, and so hope to finally get in the habit of posting here more often. Current project…
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Look at me…I’m on a roll!
About a month since I last visited this lonely little blog. I’m on a roll! Anyway, how’s things in your world, dear reader? My fiction writing life is pretty much non-existent…my client writing life is in charge. Why? Choices, I’m afraid. So does that mean I’m giving up writing fiction? Hell no! As always, it…
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How Important is Your Writing?
Writing can be such a mind game for many of us. How do you get past the roadblocks you throw out for yourself?
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Balancing Act
Still working on the balancing act of getting the writing done and the client work done. I have several stories in a range of completion, so didn’t need to start the most recent one…but I did, lol. I told myself I want to try my hand at a romance short story. But so far, it’s…
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New Year Goals?
I’m not much on the idea of a “New Year’s Resolution”. Who among us hasn’t let theirs slide weeks (or very often in my case days) later? That said, however, the New Year is good in that it gives us a chance to take a look at the year past and acknowledge what went wrong…