[Writing Post] Getting Back in Rhythm
After a brief “vacation” – as in four days of recharging by unplugging – I’m getting my rhythm back. It’s still a little syncopated, but it’s getting there. Which is good because I have a deadline rapidly approaching. I’ve been working on it, but it needs to be finished and submitted. We’ll see how things […]
[Writer Post] Advice Recap
Since I’m still recovering from Day Job Stuff (which the marathon finally ended on Sept. 30), and just now getting the brain back I haven’t had a good opportunity to process all that was FenCon – so there’s still a convention report coming…probably. I am easing back into all the post-activity normalcy, which means blog […]
[Writing Post] Confessions & Expounding on Advice from Rosemary Clement
Road to recovery…in a writing sense. My creative output has sucked this last quarter. No other way to put it. It’s not that the I wasn’t willing or that I haven’t beaten myself up over it. Or tried to force my way through it. I have. And you know what? It’s still sucked. I’m behind […]
[Writing Post] The Children of Tendu
It’s Wednesday. While I’m in the process of “re-redding” the hair in anticipation of a Christmas party this weekend (and I hate being called a blonde – I’m so NOT a blonde) I’m working on this blog. I’m not an early adopter of a lot of things – especially technology. So I’m generally late to […]
[Spotlight Post] Remembering John Manning and Plain Language
Hello, Friday, you’re looking nice (if Holy Cow, COLD – for Texas). It’s seriously time to rethink the Friday Blog Posts – I’ve run out of steam for most of the spotlights. I still want to do a blog post on Friday, but I need to think about alternate topics and themes (and hopefully something […]
[Writer Post] Jennifer Blanchard’s Recharging Your Creativity Challenge
EDIT: I’m a fact-checking moron…It’s Jennifer BLANCHARD, not Pelland (though Jennifer Pelland has come up with good advice in the past, too). I’m making these changes. So…writing post. This one is actually going to be easier than Monday’s completely brain dead rerun of a pen blog. Nothing newly earth-shattering is taking up my news feeds […]
From the Archive – Newbie Advice
The writing and publishing industry has changed, which isn’t surprising. It’s always been fairly fluid, but now it’s harder for a young writer to get a toehold into the industry. I saw a question on another writer’s journal from a young writer wondering if an editor would still work with writers with potential even if […]