Have you ever been reading a book only to surface hours later amazed at how much time has passed? Most of the great storytellers affect me this way (J.R. Ward, Nora Roberts, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien as a few examples) but WHAT is it exactly they’re doing? How can words on a page transport me [...]
I only wish this was on the weekend so I could listen to the radio show. *Sigh* I suppose I will have to log on later in the day to see who the winners are. Minx
My muse is a bitch. I know what you’re thinking. This is not a case of extreme scapegoating. I still write at least a page a day and have so far managed to meet my writing goals. This isn’t about finding an excuse for my own failings. This is about why writing is so HARD. [...]
Sigh….the start of a new year. Resolutions are flying fast and furious and everyone seems SO optimistic about their goals. Whereas I feel like leading candidate for LEAST likely to succeed. What is it about this time of year that saps my energy and leaves me feeling like a wallflower at the prom? Is it [...]
I just finished a short story that took me only a month to write. So my ego has now convinced me I can write another in only two weeks if I focus. Some of the amazing ladies of the Passionate Ink chapter are hosting two Book in a Week (BIAW) challenges coming up in May [...]
Well, I never thought it would turn into such a drama when I first decided to enter the Golden Heart Contest this year. Of course, eternal optimist that I am, I completely underestimated the time it would take to get the entry ready. I made all the requisite copies of the partial manuscript and synopsis [...]
I started writing again last night. I looked at the time date on one of my stories and it said August of 2004. I couldn’t believe it had been that long since I worked on that story. I was still writing sporadically this summer especially around the time of the RWA conference but since then [...]