Ten On Tuesday: Snail Mail

Today’s Ten on Tuesday prompt is “10 tips for writing a great letter.” I’m guessing this has something to do with the Month of Letters Challenge, but since I’m not a part of that challenge I’m not going to comment on it. (I could be, nearly. I write a lot of snail mail these days.) [...]

Writing Weds: Write What You Know

Ah, cliches. When it comes to “how to write”, there are tons of them. And “write what you know” is probably the most overused. (Though “show don’t tell” is a very close runner-up.) However, what happens when what you “know” doesn’t make interesting fiction? Yes, I know, there are tons of things you can do [...]

Writing Weds & #ROW80 – Inspiration

I have a question for my fellow writers today: Where do ideas come from? Sometimes the strangest places, I know, but where do most of your story ideas come from? This all comes up for two reasons. First, I have been brainstorming ideas and some of them seem to come out of thin air. (If [...]

Rethinking #ROW80

I’ve been thinking about this a while, which is why I didn’t post on Sunday what I am posting today. I had thought about it, but wasn’t positive I wanted to change my plans/goals again so soon after setting them. After more thought, though, I think this is best. I am amending my ROW80 goals. [...]

Writing Wednesday: In which I am late, and there is a cat picture

Ugh. I hate how little things like headaches are so hard to diagnose. Do you have a headache because you aren’t getting enough sleep? Too much sleep? Not enough food? Not enough water? Because you’re getting sick, or it’s that time of the month (for gals, anyway)? Because you’re wearing – or not wearing – [...]

Writing Weds: In Which Life Is Busy

Well, it’s been a slow start to ROW this go-round. For me, anyway. It’s been fun surfing the blogs and seeing how many people are involved and how many of them have gone totally crazy with their goals (and the number of people meeting those goals!). It’s great. For me, though, I knew it would [...]

Writing Wednesday ~ In Which I Reorganize

You may have come here today expecting knitting progress pictures. Well, they’re not here. Instead I’ll be posting about writing stuff. Back at the beginning of this year, I participated in the Round of Words in 80 Days (aka ROW80), which is an ongoing writing challenge where the participants set their own goals. Like a [...]

Believe It Or Not

There is still writing here, though you might not believe it given how often I have writing posts… Not much of the current writing is easy to blog about though. Partly because it’s on random various projects, but mostly because it’s still in my head. At any rate, there is stuff happening. How about a [...]

Wanted: Focus. Inquire Within

I need to find some focus somewhere. I’ve been rather distracted lately, and I can only partly blame my boyfriend. (Well, I can put blame wherever I want, but if I want to be honest about it I have to take some – aka most – of the blame myself.) It is way too easy [...]

On Writing

Writing is a funny thing. I could say Fiction is a harsh mistress, but that’s not quite as accurate. Fiction, you see, is both harsh and kind, both demanding and giving. The muse, treated well, can provide story after story, inspiration from nothing, and flashes of joy that rival anything I’ve felt from practically any [...]