Yesterday an interesting thing happened, in fact it was probably a continuation from Saturday. Anyway I have challenged myself to write 5000 words for my new novel Nine Dragons. (Title still under consideration) Sounds easy right, 1000 words a day. Part of the challenge with writing this novel is that I have only done…
Well here we are halfway through April and I haven’t updated or revised my goals. Taking a vacation last week was both good and bad. Bad in the sense that it distracted me and got me off track. Good in the sense that it refreshed me and slowly the relaxing effects are starting to catch…
Plotting: My nemesis or maybe not? I am being plagued by plotting questions and discussion again. I like to say I don’t plot, but admittedly I have to do some. I am a decidedly seat-of-the-pants writer and by saying that I mean that I don’t outline, instead I write the story as the characters dictate…
Where do you get your ideas? Do you use an outline? How do you find the time? I hear these questions frequently, from readers, from other writers, from people who are just interested in the process. I never know how to answer them. Even sitting here typing this post, I’m not sure what the answer…
We have all heard and seen how texting or talking on the phone is not a good thing when you are driving. The other day I saw a video on msn news that showed a lady texting while walking through a mall and she walked right into a huge fountain. That leads me to believe…
I just wanted to apologize for the earlier post that was empty. I actually had written a 600 plus word post and when I clicked on publish my post disappeared into cyberspace. Needless to say I was not trying to fool you, I really did write a post about updates and goals. So here is…
I have been asked a lot recently how do you do it? This question can mean anything from how do you find the time to how do you come up with the stories. If you’re a writer the answer to the second query is obvious, for just like you they come to me. I see…
