Oh man, have I been struggling! Writing, especially first draft writing or even just free-writing, used to be so easy for me. I didn't think it was easy when I was doing it of course, but looking back now I'm stunned by how fluidly things would come to me and come together. Now though...now I'm… Continue reading Let’s get real…I’ve got writer’s block
August has been a whirlwind! There's so much happening in my personal life and my work life that my brain has just not wanted to focus on my writing. I got engaged Started a new line edit side gig Product launch and trade show season at work Manuscript sent to a developmental editor Venue visits… Continue reading So much happening, but not a lot of writing…
I made a whole big hoopla about having two new ideas for stories and being super excited to get started. Yeah, so about that...turns out starting an entirely new project is not as easy as I remember. After finishing the fourth or fifth draft of my Magick Forest novel, and then finishing up Saving the… Continue reading False starts are still starts
Sometimes starting a new project is easy. You go in ready and willing to make the story the best you can do. Words fly off your fingertips like water after the floodgates have been opened. Even if it doesn't last, it feels like you're flying through the first few thousand words. Then there are the… Continue reading Breaking into a new project
There's one thing I've noticed about every single project I've ever written. It always starts with random snippets. Whether it's a conversation between two characters, some big emotional moment, or even some random slice of life scene, I always get something untethered to a greater whole. That's part of the fun of it. I get… Continue reading It all starts with the random snippets
Subtle Stories 