This would normally be where I post that I’ll doing NaNoWriMo and I’m super gung-ho to complete a(nother) novel and maybe even post some ridiculous first jump stats of 2,500 words or something. But not this month. I know I can write novels – I’ve got three in progress. I know I can write every day, […]
Writers – what does your story prompt file/folder look like? Are you a napkin jotter, a notebook carrier, an Evernote snipper? Are your ideas just a sentence or a full paragraph with a beginning and end? via GIPHY I’m curious because I don’t think I’ve ever used one method and as a consequence I think […]
Almost a year ago, I was approached by Gerald Rice and asked if I’d like to be in an anthology. I hesitated. At the time he didn’t have a lot of details but he managed to convince me that it would work out and everyone would leave happy. He told me who is was for […]
50° this week which means snow melt, mud slick, and outdoor running! I have missed outdoor running. There is something completely uninspired about treadmills; even with headphones, the droning of the belt and knowing damn well the miles ticking off on the machine don’t match the accelerometer on my phone, running feels like work. Outside, though… Outside […]
I’m still coming down from the Great Genealogy Hunt in Alabama (which is being written in exhaustive chunks), but the feels have remained warm and happy. In the last two weeks, I’ve been a featured selfie on an HWA site – I’ve been accepted in a drabble anthology (which you can pre-order), and another anthology I’ll be […]
There are a lot of Mes running around – the Writer Me, the Running Me, the Knitting Me, the Home Me. They don’t co-exist very well, and they all want attention. There is no lone bully, so they tag team, and I am only good at doing two of them very well at a time. […]