Continuing a Love Affair with the Written Word
Follow Through I really did delete my writing projects! A very strange thing to be excited about, I know, but this past week has been the lightest I've felt in a long time. I don't go to sleep feeling like a loser-slacker because, for yet another day, I haven't hit the finished mark. Clearing the path, to... Continue Reading →
After much back-and-forth, over-thinking, re-thinking, and second-guessing, eventually leading nowhere, I've decided to DELETE two book projects I've been working on for years. These books have plagued me with feelings of failure, so I'm concluding it's time to officially scratch them, move forward, and embrace that I never organized the ideas into coherency worthy of book... Continue Reading →
As someone who loves to write, and has only recently decided to possibly publish, the publishing world is a daunting animal. There's so much negativity towards traditional publishers, yet so many horror stories about non-traditional paths. What is one to do? Luckily(?), I'm not quite ready for that step... But, I do take a peek into... Continue Reading →
I'm big on finishing things... at least when it comes to my writing projects... ...now ask me if I have anything finished... I've re-visited a story I started when I was about 15 over and over, constantly revising, tweaking, and stretching the story into less a purge of an adolescent mind, and more a coherent work... Continue Reading →
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Continuing a Love Affair with the Written Word
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