Author name: Leah Cutter

Holding steady

So — it’s a sinus infection, and pretty nasty. I haven’t had a voice since Monday. I’m really hoping that come Sunday I will have turned the corner, and will be on the road to recovery. I am better today than I was, say, Monday or Tuesday, but it’s a minor improvement. I’m still mostly […]

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Done enough

This morning I wrote about 3 pages on the current story. Tonight, I did another 16, so probably around 3000 words today. I’m a bit fried around the edges — I’ve gotten out of the habit of writing so much in one sitting. But I did finish the story, for some definition of finished. I’ve

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Back on track

Giving myself permission to move back to the world of “The Raven and the Dancing Tiger” has certainly proven to be the right thing to do. I easily wrote 1000+ words last night — I’m not sure how many. Generally, six page = ~1000 words, which I did, plus filled the margins with notes. So

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Giving in

All week, I’ve been struggling with the short story I’ve been trying to write. “Project block” is what Kris Rusch calls it — and I think that’s right. I don’t ever get writer’s block — I can always write. I get project block, though, when there’s something wrong with a project and I can’t figure

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