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Category Archives: Writing
Finding Your Voice; or, What’s That Under The Sofa Cushion?
(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) Ah, the elusive “voice”. It is the one thing we pre-published authors are often told is the most crucial aspect of our writing, but no one can tell us where to find … Continue reading
Finding The Time; or How To Fit NaNoWriMo Into Your Life
(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) November is upon us, and I, like a lot of my friends, am involved in the frenzy that is NaNoWriMo. This year’s story is going well. I’m already about 4K words ahead … Continue reading
The Latest Revision, Revised; or, Another Form of Writer’s Block
(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) One of the things that has been on my writing “to do” list since mid-August has been the overhaul of the first two chapters of my space pirate adventure, The Vedia Gamble. … Continue reading
Consulting The Oracle, or How I Decide What To Write Next
(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) As we’ve mentioned several times in the last week, November is rapidly approaching, and with it, NaNoWriMo. One of the most pertinent and troubling questions in my mind these past few weeks … Continue reading
A Space Of My Own
(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) Andrea has been blogging lately about setting up a “writer’s retreat,” a place where she can go when she wants to get some writing done. I’ve been devoting a lot of thought … Continue reading
How My Netbook Changed The Way I Write
(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) When I first started writing, back in high school (during the pen-and-spiral-notebook days), I tried to keep the fact that I wrote a secret, at least from my family. I was pretty … Continue reading
Getting Organized and NaNoWriMo
(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) As Andrea mentioned earlier this week, we’re just a month away from the start of National Novel Writing Month. I’ve done NaNoWriMo twice now, in 2006 and 2008, and “won” both times. … Continue reading
Happy Punctuation Day!
(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) I had an entry all planned out that would follow along with the themes Samantha and Andrea posted earlier this week, about planning work and organizing ideas. But I think I will … Continue reading
This Must Be Thursday. I Never Could Get The Hang Of Thursdays…
(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) It somehow seems apropos that I start with a quote from The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, since Douglas Adams was a major influence on my writing style during my formative years, … Continue reading
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