One of the tasks I’ve been trying to get to for a while now (like since back in the New Year’s Resolutions time frame :p) is cleaning my study. I don’t usually work in that room during the coldest part of the winter, preferring the kitchen where it’s warm. This year I never [...]
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season of changes
Posted in not-writing, writing, tagged family, goals, muse, writing on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
September mood
Posted in not-writing, writing, tagged life, writing on September 1, 2009 | 6 Comments »
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s September today. It’s no longer August. In this part of the world, the days are noticeably shorter and even on a sunny day, the sun isn’t quite so fierce. It’s not fall yet, but it’s not really summer any more. The house is quiet without [...]
on goals, and the sabotaging thereof
Posted in goals and planning, writing, tagged goals, planning, revising, writing on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A while back, there was a bit of a stir around a study at New York University about how publicizing goals made people less likely to do the work to achieve the goal. Among others responding to the study, Erin had some good points about different people reacting differently in the same situation, [...]
Alien Skin flash
Posted in writing, tagged friends, writing on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Janice (QueenOfTheSkies on LJ) has a nice bit of flash fiction on Alien Skin magazine. It’s her first publication. I’m so excited!
on the other hand
Posted in novels, writing, tagged Not Forgetting, revising, writing on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Outlines don’t work for me for planning and writing a novel. But on the other hand, I have found revision outlines to be an extremely useful tool under some circumstances. I’m looking at Nicky (Not Forgetting) now, thinking in terms of emotions and thoughts as Alex suggested, and things look like they might [...]
the plot thickens
Posted in writing, tagged Not Forgetting, plot, writing on August 3, 2009 | 22 Comments »
I’ve been thinking a lot about plot recently, trying to gain some insights into why it is that outlines so far haven’t worked for me. It ought to be simple enough to write down what happens, right? And then the meaning hangs on that. If I get to know the characters better [...]
getting through the mental block
Posted in writing, tagged Overamped, revising on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Experiment: I’ve made an appointment with myself to tackle the difficult part of Joey’s chapter one. I signed up for the edit marathon at Forward Motion, and starting Monday morning I’ll tackle the edit.
I’ve not had good luck with trying to impose outside deadlines or schedules on myself, but maybe I’ll [...]
genre question
Posted in writing, tagged writing on June 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
If a publication says they want “non-supernatural horror,” what kind of stories do you suppose they’re interested in? Serial killers and splatterpunk, I suppose, but what else?
distance versus laziness
Posted in writing, tagged revising, writing on June 17, 2009 | 7 Comments »
When you’re editing, how do you (I mean you personally, not abstract advice you’ve read in writing books) tell when you need to step away from it for a while and when you’re just procrastinating?
