Last night I finished reading my July writing book, called How to Write a Page Turner: Craft a Story Your Readers Can’t Put Down by Jordan Rosenfeld. It was one of those books that delivers a ton of information, way
Characters, Characters, and Not a Drop to Drink
We continue working through the dreaded middle of the changeling story. And it goes okay! Not amazingly, not like the words are pouring out of my fingers, but not where I’m staring at the screen wondering what I’m doing with
We’re Back and it’s the End of the Month
Oh, hey, we’re back in our house, and we’ve put most of the furniture back, so, you know, progress. Also, all the houseplants got stuck in the office while the ceiling/walls were being redone, and I kind of like it.
Berries and Elephants
Information comes from the weirdest places sometimes, doesn’t it? Holly Lisle, who is one of my favorite writing teachers, has a saying about berries and elephants. I’m going to massacre it here, but the gist is that how much a
Stupid June (and Butterfly Update)
Well, squiders, yesterday morning, the other butterfly hatched. And it did exactly what you would expect it to–it climbed all the way out of its cocoon, hung there with its wings nice and straight until they dried out, and has
What Happened to June?
Other than giving everybody whiplash and churning out new things every three seconds. I mean, we’re a week out from the end of the month, and I’m not even sure what I’ve done for the past few weeks. Not writing,
Stupid Middles
Well, squiders, if you’d asked me yesterday, I would have said my changeling story was going great! I figured out a potential title, writing was going good, I’d gotten my main characters into the same place. Things were lovely. Today
2020 is Lasting Forever and Yet…
…and yet, nothing is getting done. Well, not nothing. But I think it feels like nothing, for a lot of people, because of the distortion in how time is passing. Since it feels like a hugely long time period, it
Cycles of Creativity
I realized last week that at some point in the recent past I’d entered a new phase of my creative life. Also, I realized that I had phases. So that was a thing. I’ve been writing for most of my
I Have Made a Decision
Good news, squiders, I have made a decision about which story to use for the Luddite challenge. (Also, How to Submit and Publish is now live! Hooray! Success! And I finished the presentations for my next SkillShare class, so I
