About six hours before midnight on December 31st, I was struck by a fresh wave of optimism upon remembering that 2014 was right around the corner. New Year’s Eve for me is usually a time to catch up with friends, eat a bunch of so delightfully rich but oh so bad for you food, and […]
Celebrating Accomplishments & Setting Goals Read More »
Borrowed the idea from The Daily Dahlia who borrowed it from Jamie/The Perpetual Page Turner. It’s basically an end of year book survey and I thought it seemed like a really neat way to wrap up a year of reading. (Note: I left out parts of the questionnaire. Check out either of the two blogs
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I’ve always been one of those writers who has trouble with beginnings. Whether I have a fantastic grip on most of the story or a story that coalesces as I write it, I will inevitably change or rewrite the beginning five or six times. Starting in the wrong place with the wrong character POV has
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No, not NaNoWriMo victory. For the first time ever, I won’t be crossing the finish line with thousands of other writers. But that’s a story for my next post because this one is all about the celebration! I made the announcement on Facebook and, I think, on Twitter, but it occurred to me recently that
Victory is Mine! (a Belated Celebration) Read More »
It’s that time of year again! No, I don’t mean the fast-approaching end of fall, or the beginning of truly crappy weather, or Halloween. (Although Halloween does tie in at least a little.) November is standing on our doorsteps, and that means National Novel Writing Month is almost here! That’s right. The mad quest for
Double Rebel: My Annual Pre-NaNoWriMo Post Read More »
To the best of my recollection, it’s only been a month or so since I last mentioned Positively Anonymous on here. At the time, I mentioned being super excited about what I’d hoped would be the last of my big revisions. There was one thing I didn’t mention in that post: I hadn’t actually done
Positively Anonymous – Temporary Hiatus Read More »
I’m going to make this post a quick one, if only in the spirit of spending less time screwing around with perfectionism and more time on getting things done. Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been mostly absent from both social media and this blog over the latter half of this summer. What
A Timely Personal Update: or, My Recent Blogging Failure Read More »
For those of you who follow or have followed this blog with some regularity, I’m sure you’re wondering why there have been very few mentions of Positively Anonymous in the last few months. I talked about the story a ton back in February and March, in part because I was under the impression that I
Whenever I hear about or meet other writers who can write a first draft without changing too many of their basic mechanics later, I can’t help my twinge of envy. By ‘basic mechanics’ I mean the type or number of POVs, or the age range, or the genre. Every MS I’ve finished that has undergone
Pathfinding, or the Ongoing Saga of Rewriting Read More »
I seem to have a tendency to plan on doing Camp NaNoWriMo during both available summer months, and then only participating in the second month. Last summer it was August, and this summer it will–hopefully–be in July due to calendar changes within the Office of Letters and Light. But this post isn’t about my inability
Pantsing My Planning Read More »