Every now and again, my head becomes a very crowded place. I’m currently revising one long (30,000-40,000 words) story, writing and typing a prequel, and playing with several short (about 10,000 words) stories. [As a side note, it’s interesting that … Continue reading
Wait! Strike that. Reverse it. Wow, time flies when you’re busy – and things have been insanely busy the last few weeks. I know I left you hanging with the promise that I’d tell you all about the spies – … Continue reading
Please help. Mind taken over by story. Is not the story I should be working on. Must… break… free! That’s certainly how I’ve felt these last few days. On Thursday, I thought of a story idea. I was at work, … Continue reading
I confess! (Hence, the post’s title….) 😉 I had fun earlier. Lots of fun. Much too much fun. I just did it again. Yes, you heard right. I just wrote another all-dialogue scene, from another idea kicking around in the … Continue reading
I just had tons of fun. Mwahahahaha! No! Come back! That only sounded like an evil laugh! As you may know, I follow Brandon Sanderson’s blog. Earlier today, I read his latest post. He gave a writing exercise: write between … Continue reading
Earlier today, I read Patricia C. Wrede’s blog post about finding the single absolutely perfect word while writing. I’ve struggled with this. There are times when one of my characters thinks, says, or does something, and I know there’s a … Continue reading
I enjoy writing. I love fantasy. Put those together and, yes, I love writing fantasy. That doesn’t mean it’s good, mind, but I enjoy doing it. Over the last several days I’ve managed to throw three and a half pages … Continue reading
I’ve added to two of the author pages. Yes, that’s something I’ll probably be doing on and off for a while – get used to it. 😉 First off, I added Alexander Key to the Books I’ve Loved page. Seriously, … Continue reading
I was excited all last week. On Sunday (a week ago) I saw (on Jessica Day George’s blog) an announcement for an Authorpalooza. There were 40-some-odd authors coming to a local bookstore to sign books, and I was determined to … Continue reading
I sat down to write during a free hour yesterday and worked my way out of bad (for me) writer’s block. I needed to start a new chapter; I knew (more or less) which characters are involved and what they’re … Continue reading