As a part of the writing/career class I’m taking, the teacher advocated against doing a ton of research/worldbuilding, instead focusing on what’s interesting and what’s important. On one hand, yes, this can be a horrible, slippery slope, where one disappears
Writing a Synopsis When You Don’t Even Have a Book
Afternoon, squiders. The big, mobile one has ANOTHER virtual school day today. I am considering strangling whomever decided that making a parent stay home and teach their child instead of doing a delayed start like EVERY OTHER SCHOOL IN THE
Finally Moving
Hooray for April, squiders. The consignment sale is over, the festival is this weekend (and will happen whether or not I do anything specific), and we can focus on being as productive as possible in these last few weeks before
WriYe and Writing
New month, squiders, new blog circle questions over at WriYe. Why did you start writing? That is quite the question, if you think about it too hard. What do we count as “writing” in this case? Do we count the
Landsquid Picture Book Progress
Seasons are weird, aren’t they, squiders? Sometimes they make no sense, like when it’s October and 80 degrees and could be summer except the leaves have turned, or when it snows in June. But spring has come in right on
Trials and Tribulations
March has not been the most productive month around here. We’ve had the car accident, spring break, and now other responsibilities are creeping in. Here’s what I’ve done the last several days instead of writing: I went to a several
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
So, both the Landsquid books and the nonfiction books are lower down in the priority for the next week, since the Fractured World anthology is coming out in about a week and I have Things That Need Doing (I am
Plugging Along
Well, squiders–Lord, is that more yellow? auuughhh–there’s been nothing past the initial contact on the journal class. How long do you think before I ping them? Tomorrow? Or do I need to wait until next week? (I did check out
The Dangers of Procrastination
Oh, squiders. I have run into yet another road bump in the nonfiction book writing process. It has been my intention to release workbooks with some of the nonfiction books (so far the idea generation and the multiple project books,
Nonfiction Books and a Green Mars Update
Hi, squiders! How are you doing? My washing machine is leaking out the bottom and I’m trying to figure out if I need a new one, but it’s kind of a two-person job (one to tilt the washing machine, one
