Imagine the worst In some writing book I read, I don’t remember which one, it advised to think of the worst possible thing to do to a character, and then…
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Why write a novel? National Novel Writing Month starts today. This is where crazy people from all around the world write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. There’s something…
Book of Librarian Crafts I’m starting a new project, with the working title of “Librarian Crafts.” My idea is to have sections with different categories: pre-school story-time crafts school age crafts…
The Muddle in the Middle I haven’t posted in a while. I gave myself a deadline for finishing the second draft of my novel, and then life happened. Nothing serious,…
Word cloud made with WordItOut In a World… I’m taking a short break from revising (I’ve gotten through the first five chapters!) to work on my blurb. That’s the catchy description…
Rewriting for “Pantsers” If you write by the seat of your pants instead of carefully outlining, rewriting can be difficult. I’m revising a first draft that I merrily wrote without…
Taking the next step I’ve been invited to join a writing group and I’m both excited and scared. I’ve technically been part of a writing group for years, but we’re…
Goals that conflict with each other For most of my adult life I have had two major goals: 1, get down to and maintain a healthy weight and 2, become…
Hybrid writers, the writing business and my own plans I just read an article in Writer’s Digest (2/2014) by Chuck Wendig about “hybrid publishing”. This is where an author pursues…
