Yes, this is an old novel. But it’s a novel that means a lot to me. I was trying so many writer-type things while I was writing this novel–I had to re-read it to do some updates, and I can really see the furniture moving. I don’t think it’s a bad novel, not at all. […]
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Yes, another post where I find applicable writing topics inspired by the reality TV show, “So You Think You Can Dance” (SYTYCD) and the one contestant who’s captured my attention, Cyrus. They call Cyrus’ style, “Animator” or “Animation” — he’s a robot in his style of dance. He’s never had choreography before, is completely self
I got “peopled out” this week. Far too much social contact. I am not shy. Because of this, people don’t believe me when I say I’m an introvert. But honestly, being with a group of people, particularly in a noisy place, is incredibly draining. I need time off, alone, in the quiet, afterward. I took
–I’m about one-third of the way through “Railsea” and I’m still loving it so much. –Last night I rewrote the last scene I’d done for the short story (“The Piano-Time Rag” is the name, BTW.) It was so much easier once I let the story be what it wanted to be. Which is a mystery.
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I finished “Sundays at Tiffany’s” by James Patterson last night. It’s a literary fantasy romance. It was quite fun, an easy read. There were parts that felt thinner than others, and a couple of scenes that didn’t have any setting (which, after I finished the scene, Jack made me go back and look at again.)
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Woo AND hoo! Zydeco Queen and the Creole Fairy Courts is now available as a paperback book! It’s so very, very pretty. Right now it’s only available via CreateSpace, but in a week or so it’ll show up on Amazon, and I’ll be sure to link it to the ebook. Tonight, eating at home, but
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Today was a great writing day. I got up, ate breakfast, then typed up the story I had finished hand writing yesterday. I finished that around 1 PM, ate a bit, did some grocery shopping, some general goofing off, some running around and some gardening. I journaled a bunch (deep thoughts about Clarion West and
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I had a huge insight today regarding the day job. Honestly, I probably should have figured this out before now. But late or not, this has given me a lot to think about. For the day job, I do technical writing. What I just realized is that I spend 80% of my day job in
So–more deep thoughts brought about by a reality TV show, So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD). Under a cut so as not to spoil anyone who hasn’t seen the latest episode yet.
At the writing workshop last week one of the things that really stuck with me was that my critical brain needed something to do. Just telling it to go away, not letting those critical voices into the room when I was writing, wasn’t enough. Kris suggested that the job we give that critical brain is