From lots of places: If you happen to be working on some creative writing project, fanfiction or NaNoWriMo or what have you, post exactly one sentence (or more) from each of your current work(s) in progress in your journal. It should probably be your favorite or most intriguing sentence so far, but what you choose […]
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This weekend I had a major revelation as to why I wasn’t writing how I wanted to be writing. The adjustments I’ve made so far seem to be working — I added about 2000 new words to the novel this weekend, as well as replaced untold others, completing my rewrite of chapters three and four.
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At first, there was the entire saga of Msscribe, which was a train wreck that I couldn’t look away from. (If you’re not up to reading the 90,000 word account, here’s an abbreviated version.) Then came the Cassandra Claire Plagiarism Debacle. The only thing I knew about CC was that she’d written The Very Secret
Hey there! Yeah, yeah, I know. Long time no hear. Hasn’t meant I haven’t been thinking about ya’ll. Did a writing prompt this morning, “Write about a time you cried.” Only I ended up writing a short story that was the back story of one of the main characters for the novel, and how he
I finished typing up the Topiary story this morning. It was interesting to me to note that the start of the story required a lot of rewriting as I typed it in, mainly in the form of adding details and information. The end of the hand-written version was much more complete. Though I know I
What would be the equivalent of taking the waters at Lourdes for a high-born British woman in 1805? Something that she’d do on the continent. . .
This morning’s prompt was, “The possibilities are endless.” The little essay that I read to go with the first four prompts of the month was about being vulnerable. I started off with a visceral prose poem about the endless possibilities of exposing yourself through your art. One of the images was the “I” in the
I just got email from someone I haven’t heard from in ages. I spent one year of college in London. Seems there’s going to be a reunion this year as it’s our *mumblemuble25 years? Holy shit!mumblemumble* renunion. I’d been planning on going back to London this year, doing research for Ester’s Park. I’d planned on
The day job has gotten busy again, for another week or so. ::le sigh:: I just keep telling myself that the extra money is a *good* thing. Which is is, actually. Day before yesterday the prompt was, “When the dust settles.” I ended up writing this story about Frank who tore down the wall between