It's eight days into the new year and many of us are looking for things. Like ways to be different, to change. New opportunities, new goals. And maybe some of you out there are looking for your writer's voice. Whenever I think about the writer's voice, I think about an old children's book called Are […]
Hey, we made it to 2015! Woot woot! I know its going to be a great year because New Year's day was the best first day of the year ever around here. I got some work done on my novel rewrite in the morning, watched the Ducks annihilate the FSU Seminoles in the afternoon, and […]
I was tagged by my purple-haired Twitter friend Kristina Martin (we live across the river from each other but have never met in person–one of these days, I hope we will) to participate in a Virtual Cookie Exchange Blog Hop. My first thought was that I don't do this kind of thing. This is a […]
Here's the latest collection of prompts from my Tumblr blog. You will note that a couple are missing. That's because I was forgot so busy. You can also find more here. #131 "Oh God, I’m so overwhelmed, things are slipping through the cracks and I’m missing appointments," she said. "Get yourself organized, then," he said, reasonably […]
I am a woman of great passions. Some of them, like writing and reading, have lasted a lifetime. Others, like gardening or knitting, wax and wane. And still others (Jazzercise, anyone?) have their brief moment in the sun with me and then I lose interest. And then there are the things I find that I'm […]
Here is my weekly collection of prompts from my Tumblr blog. You can also always find prompts here. #96 Identify three turning points in your character’s life (or yours). Look for “road not taken” times. How did these experiences affect the person your character (or you) are today? #97 "There are three things that scare me," […]
Another collection of prompts from my Tumblr blog. #89 "I feel so overwhelmed," she said. "Why?" "You really want to hear?" He nodded. "Okay. Here goes. It’s because….." #90 What’s up with that? #91 It snowed. Then it snowed harder. It snowed so hard that a group of them, five in all, were stuck inside for a week. They […]
Hilda? Here, for your consideration, two aspects of storytelling. 1. Parsing the story. This is, of course, most often the purview of the rough draft, or shitty first draft, or discovery draft, or whatever you want to call it. Hilda would do. (I think I'll start giving my drafts names. Why not?) Although it must […]
#82 He dealt cards to the four of them playing. As they picked up their hands, she said, “This seems like as good a time as any to tell you.” And so, as the game progressed, she told her story. What did she have to say? #83 In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean […]
Yay! It's autumn, my favorite season. There's something about this time of year that I just love–the crisp days and fall color, the nummy seasonal food (apples and butternut squash, anyone?) and, of course, Halloween. I always feel a sense of personal renewal at this time of year, stretching on through the dark days of […]
