Words go in, words go out, you can’t explain that

The more you read, the more you write. And perhaps, anyone who reads enough will eventually be unable to resist trying their hand at creating some of the words they love so much. Read read read, fill your head with new words, and stories, and ideas, and feelings. Read what you want to write. Read …

Influx of ideas, and a contest

I've been having a lot of ideas lately, giving them a bit of polish, then storing them away for later. I don't often have success with an idea when I write it too soon. Ideas need to age... But now that I've got a few of them shelved and fermenting, maybe I can actually get …

Missed deadlines

Welp. I broke my streak of a year + of blogging every day. No blog post on Sunday. Oops. But missing a deadline is no reason to stop writing, on the contrary, it means you should write even more! All time is arbitrary, all the meaning we give it comes from within ourselves. So though …

Submitting again

I've had 4 submissions this year... and am still waiting on two of them, and will be sending out another one next week. Good to be getting back into it! I'm determined to get a couple more sales under my belt, it's been way too long! My stories have improved over the years, so I …

A draft!!

I sent out my finished draft of The Observer to my writing group! Now, to await their ever useful feedback! It took a lot longer than I imagined to send it out, because every time I thought about doing it I would realize some other thing I wanted to change. I still have more things …