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Happy New Writing Year!
When the Story Runs Wild
Have you ever had one of the days where the story and your characters want to journey anywhere except where you planned to take them? Well, that’s the way it’s going for me today. Like wrestling with a greased pig. Every time I think I have all those thrashing little hooves pinned down, they slip […]
NaNoWriMo: 6 Ways to Make Sure You Finish
It’s only two days until National Novel Writing Month kicks off around the globe. By now you’ve done everything you can to prepare, haven’t you? And you’ve created a story outline or maybe just noodled around with your characters and some plot points to get an idea of what will happen in your novel. If […]
Writing: I Love It. I Hate It. I Do It Anyway.
There’s no way to describe the mad scramble we sometimes put ourselves through for the sake of our writing, other than the truth. We love to write. And sometimes that means other parts of our lives suffer. Then there are the times we suffer at the hands of our passion. Those days and nights when […]
NaNoWriMo, Let Me Count the Novels
So you’ve been thinking about NaNoWriMo, but you’re not sure you want to sign up. After all, November is pretty busy, with Thanksgiving and the family stuff you always get caught up in. And it’s right before Christmas which takes a lot of planning, and don’t forget you have to do the whole Black Friday, […]
NaNoWriMo Early Warning Alert: 6 Ways to Prepare for Success
When the calendar flipped over to a new month in the middle of the night few of us were awake and thinking about the dwindling number of days until National Novel Writing Month takes over our lives. But there are five things we can be doing now so we’re refreshed, organized, and ready to write at […]
In Case of Illness, Make a Plan Now
I have an important question this week. Do you have a plan to cover your writing responsibilities in case of illness or accident? The need for such a plan became very clear to me in the last three weeks. Barely recovered from a six-week struggle with severe back spasms, I fell and seriously hurt myself. […]
Your Sacred Space for Writing
Do you have a special place where you write? Do you go there because it provides quiet in which you can hear what’s going on in your mind? Or does it provide background noise that allows you to ignore everything around you and fall into the Zen space of your imagination? Maybe you curl up […]
When Detours Lead Us Home
If it seems I’m having a hard time staying focused this year, that’s because I am. While I’m not sure where the problem lies, I’ve been thoroughly frustrated with the situation. Maybe it’s because I’m working on too many things at once. I’ve mentioned that before. And yet, I’ve only wiped one project off my […]