January 8, 2018 Business, Uncategorized 2
How did I manage to completely miss posting even one time in December??
You all should know that I thought of you at Christmas. I did. Promise. But between my ghostwriting gig, the holidays, and getting knocked down HARD with the flu, I guess I just sort of skipped December. (I’m well now–thanks for asking.)
In my last post, I promised more news, and then when that news happened, I neglected to share it.
Can we blame Thanksgiving?
In any case, the news is this: (more…)
August 1, 2017 Uncategorized, Writing 2
Two weeks later…
I don’t know why I’m having such a hard time getting back into a blogging routine. When I had “Modicum of Talent,” I blogged reliably. Maybe I got burned out–I don’t know. In any case, it’s not so much that I forget about the blog. It’s more a combination of factors like the lack of routine in summer, the feeling that I really have nothing new to say, the reluctance to spend time during the day writing… It seems like blogging falls to the bottom of the priority list most of the time.
In any case, I have been writing. (more…)
July 20, 2017 Uncategorized, Writing 0
Remember how I said I’d update once a week with how the writing was going?
Yeah, that was cute.
It’s been a little over two weeks since I committed to attempting to write 500 words a day, every day, and to update the blog weekly with my progress. Well, I guess summer happened, because I obviously have not updated the blog.
I have, however, written.
July 6, 2017 Uncategorized, Writing 2
I’ve been thinking the last couple of days about the “why” of writing. Why do I do this thing? Why do I want to? It certainly seems to be a tortuous experience, one in which I rarely see the point anymore, and yet I do it or wish I could do it.
I have a history of telling stories. Before I was writing them down, I was making them up. I had a running tale about Peter Pan and the Lost Boys in my head for years. (more…)
Lesson from taking two months away from the blog: When Google offers to translate your page automatically, you may have let too much Russian spam pile up.
Hi again, everyone. It’s been a busy two months (or so) around here. Since my last blog, I’ve:
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Spring is here, kind of. I say kind of because it’s still not even a little bit warm in Oregon. Honestly, I’m usually the one telling people to buck up and enjoy the rain, but even I’m tired of it. We finally hit our first 65 degree day last Friday, and it was about three weeks later than usual. C’mon, sun–give us a little break!
But despite the cold and rain (or because of it–not sure), I’ve had a few successes that I thought I’d share:
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March 13, 2017 Personal, Uncategorized, Writing 4
Good afternoon, internet.
I’ve started and stopped this blog post about a dozen times since the beginning of the year. I feel like I should let you all know that I’m still alive, but I’m struggling with what to say, exactly. I guess the best thing to do is my usual approach–stumble into it and see if I can rediscover my voice along the way.
I’ve already shared that 2016 was the hardest year of my life. (more…)
October 20, 2016 Personal, Uncategorized, Writing 6
I’ve tried to think of a way to start this blog so many times, and I can’t think of the perfect thing, so let me just start with a confession: It’s been a rough year around here.
Okay, “rough” is an understatement.
I can’t really go into details (not that I’d even want to), so let’s just say that it seems like my family has been Satan’s punching bag since May. It’s not pretty. It hurts.
And it’s completely derailed my fiction writing.