If you follow my blogger account (you know, that public facing one that technically friends and family can find if they look that I often wonder why I started at all?) then you already know what I am working on. But just in case you don’t, the title of this post will tell you. BecauseContinueContinue reading “Character Development and Editing Woes”
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15 Minute Challenge – Day 7: Final Thoughts
Yes, I did my 15 minutes. I used it (well, really, half an hour) to finish up a couple scenes I stopped in the middle of last week. I have no profound things to say about my self-imposed 7 day challenge. Certainly nothing that hasn’t been said before by “real” writers and multiples of them.ContinueContinue reading “15 Minute Challenge – Day 7: Final Thoughts”
15 Minute Challenge – Day 6: Giving Breanna a Backbone
One significant flaw I think I have mentioned before is how quickly Elizabeth’s mother went from being weak, conciliatory, and non-confrontational to speaking her mind and ordering people around. Granted, I know from experience that it can happen to even meek people when the occasion is right, but to turn around so completely seemed inconsistentContinueContinue reading “15 Minute Challenge – Day 6: Giving Breanna a Backbone”
15 Minute Challenge – Day 5: Developing Characters
I’ve been having an issue with my main character in Picture of the Past almost since the beginning. I didn’t like her. I didn’t intend for anyone to like her at first, but to gradually sympathize with her as she changed – but I didn’t like her even when she changed. She seemed so -ContinueContinue reading “15 Minute Challenge – Day 5: Developing Characters”
15 Minute Challenge – Day 4: Scene Implementation
I know it is technically past midnight, but I am still totally counting this 15 minutes. We had guests over, which I personally think is a valid excuse. But, I did begin writing a scene that I defined as needing to be written! Which, then started to turn into another scene which went longer thanContinueContinue reading “15 Minute Challenge – Day 4: Scene Implementation”
15 Minute Challenge – Day 2 – Getting Back Into the Mindset
Actually written yesterday, August 30: I have a lot more free time than usual tonight due to my husband being gone for a guy’s night and having nothing in particular scheduled. I was going to go to the Library of Congress to do some research and writing, but it is a dreary, rainy night, andContinueContinue reading “15 Minute Challenge – Day 2 – Getting Back Into the Mindset”
WordPress = Best
So, I can’t stand it any longer. I like wordpress so much better than blogger. I thought this would be a great opportunity to keep up with my blogger/”public” blog, but I hate that it doesn’t have a like feature, so I can’t tell if people are actually reading it. So, even though it involvesContinueContinue reading “WordPress = Best”
Libraries, Research, and 15 Minutes
I read it over and over again. 15 minutes a day. Write at least 15 minutes a day. To the extent that I half roll my eyes when I read it now. I know, I know. Okay? It’s not my fault that I had to . . . [insert whatever I am busy with that day].ContinueContinue reading “Libraries, Research, and 15 Minutes”
Rejected
So, I officially got my first rejection letter this summer. As well as my first rejection “damned with faint praise”, which was made slightly less painful by my association of that with Emily of New Moon. Slightly. You can read all the magazines and books in the world “prepping” you for rejections by the hundreds,ContinueContinue reading “Rejected”
The Secret to Joy
I feel like I write these type of posts a lot, so if you still read them, either I am not alone in the world of figuring oneself out or you are really bored. All of you who have been around awhile or read previous posts know that I am the type to constantly pushContinueContinue reading “The Secret to Joy”
Forest Idylls 