Continuing a Love Affair with the Written Word
Week one of my first National Novel Writing Month participation is coming to a close. Definitely a great decision on my part (it happens occasionally) to jump in. I've shown up. I've gotten great word counts in, and most importantly, I've been forced to follow a rule of first drafts that I usually ignore, which... Continue Reading →
I really don't do so well with being super busy. Though, to be fair, I waste a lot of time when I have a lot of time to waste, but since there's more time, more gets done. I can fit all the time-waster loves I have in. Video games, for example. And, I haven't read... Continue Reading →
This was a draft from December that I never posted... in my commitment to post more consistently, and not self-censure, I've decided to throw it out there to the world... Dec 2015: There really is this inner turmoil - fueled by over-thinking, in my case - that creates a complete cessation of - well,... 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 →
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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