Category: Writing
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NaNoWriMo 2019 – Trying a New Writing App
It’s a great program, but other than the cloud-based writer, it doesn’t offer me much that Scrivener doesn’t already give me, and sometimes writing in an internet browser provides entirely too much opportunity for distraction.
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NaNoWriMo 2019 – Tips from a Veteran
I am, shall we say, a NaNo veteran, having won about half a dozen times out of all the times I’ve participated. So here’s what tips I can give on how to make it through NaNoWriMo and get to 50,000 words:
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To NaNo or Not To NaNo
I have until Friday to decide whether to do NaNoWriMo. I’ve always been an enthusiastic supporter of National Novel Writing Month. I participated almost every year since I was a sophomore in college, “winning” (ie. Making the goal of 50,000 words in one month) for 8 of those years, and it was through NaNoWriMo that…
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Relearning how to be
When one of the major parts of your daily routine disappears, it’s hard to figure out what to do with yourself. It’s hard to establish new routines. I, who spent the last few years lamenting the lack of time I had to get things done, now find myself with a surplus of free time. At…
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Mid-Year Updateyness
I’m writing again. I had a bit of an epiphany on where I wanted to go with the Breathing Whisky universe and am roughly 15k words into the new novel. It’s going fairly well, with some hiccups, and friends are cheering me along. It’s hard, I’m coming out of one of the worst writing droughts of…
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When is a Writer a Professional instead of a Hobbyist?
As the frequently profoundly profane Chuck Wendig says: A Writer Writes. One of the biggest mistaken assumptions that I hear from non-writers (and sometimes hobbyist writers) is that a writer — or any creative professional for that matter — waits for inspiration to strike before writing. A writer writes. Period. If you want to be…
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January Patreon Preview
Work is going well on this month’s Patreon story, so I thought I would offer a short preview here. To gain access to the full story when it is published around the end of the month, you will need to subscribe to my Patreon at the $1/story level or above. Here’s your preview: “We have…
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Bad Writer Confessions
It’s time to come clean. I spend a lot of time writing about the writing process and method. I have spent a lot of time teaching students and educating myself. For all that I have learned and all that I have taught . . . I don’t always practice what I preach. So here are my confessions:…
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2018 Projects
New year, New Projects. Or ongoing projects? Maybe actually finishing things? Here’s what I’m working on: Writing: Comics and Podcasts Oh My: I am turning two novels of mine into scripts. This Ain’t No Fairy Story will probably come out first, if I can find an artist (or get comfortable with doing the art myself) as a…
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NaNoWriMo Prep for the WriMo Virgin
It’s October, which means all of my artist friends are filling my social media feeds with beautiful pictures every day and I am insanely jealous of their talent because the best I can manage is a wonky looking paint-a-long picture done to the (brilliant, lovely) Art Sherpa‘s instructions. But for writers, the month of October…