“I am in exactly the right place at exactly the right time.” I’m on my way to 40, and it’s starting to get to me. I went down the rabbit hole of feeling like I wasted so much time (5 years) trying to have and keep a baby that I didn’t stay focused on myContinue reading “The Right Time”
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Word After Word
“A word after a word after a word is power.” – Margaret Atwood I’m just over here putting words after words. I’m not in it for the power over others but for the power over my own thoughts and actions. There’s a lot going on every day. It’s so easy to lose yourself in itContinue reading “Word After Word”
Write It Out
“Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.” – Jules Renard This is interesting. This must be coming from a different type of mind because I interrupt my own thoughts, words, flow, and whatever else all the time. Just now, I just interrupted myself. You would never know from reading this blog how manyContinue reading “Write It Out”
Still Going
“You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.” – Octavia E. Butler I write more crap than anything else. But I don’t give up. I’ve comeContinue reading “Still Going”
Finish It
“A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.” ― Samuel Johnson I look forward to having a work of art that I feel good about. I look forward to seeing the different reactions from readers. I almost want to do a survey at the end. I mean, it is experimental fiction. Do weContinue reading “Finish It”
Show Some Guts
“Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential.” – Jessamyn West Oh, the places I’ve been and the places I’ll go with my writing. I’ve made a whole fool of myself as a writer, and yet I’ve learned more from writing than from anything else I’ve done. The things I’ve gained from writingContinue reading “Show Some Guts”
Lost Illusion
“Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the thrill of expectation and the disillusioning knowledge of truth. ‘Lost Illusion’ is the undisclosed title of every novel.” – Andre Maurois Man just ruin it all for us huh Andre. Disillusionment is notContinue reading “Lost Illusion”
Leave it Out of the Story
“A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.” – Mark Twain Well, this gives me something to think about. I get too hung up on what I want in my book that I haven’t considered what I should intentionally leave out. Now that’s interesting. IContinue reading “Leave it Out of the Story”
Road Trip
Taking things one day at a time. I’m writing a short story about two writers traveling across the country. One of my characters is a hardcore planner. The other is not. The planner must learn to let go and learn to have fun in the moment. What’s kinda fun is their destination is the OregonContinue reading “Road Trip”
Writing Favs
“What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers.” – Logan Pearsall Smith It is often the case that one small detail about an entire book is what connects me to the story. Not all the time. Some of the best novels I’ve read have many things IContinue reading “Writing Favs”
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