I've been slowly working my way through three books on plotting I borrowed from a friend in pursuit of my new project about the timebus (which as a side note and update is going very slowly and I have about as many characters as a Charles Dickens novel so wish me luck). At the same… Continue reading On advice, an examined life, and first and last sentences
Ta-da! Here we are in December, seven days from Christmas, with me coming a couple weeks late with my NaNoWriMo recap. So, first things first, yes I did participate in NaNoWriMo this year despite never mentioning it so far. It was very last minute this year that I decided to participate in NaNoWriMo, which for… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2o2o Recap
Happy Tuesday all! In case you missed yesterday's introductory post to this week's event, Preptober Prompts, you can catch up here. Essentially, each day this week I'm posting a different prompt relating to the category of character and the topic of change in order to help you think through whatever writing project you're currently working… Continue reading Preptober Prompts Day 12
Hello all! I interrupt the normal program to wish you a happy Monday and introduce an event going on over here for the next week. This year R.M. Archer was kind enough to ask me to co-host Preptober Prompts so this week will bring much fun and games! First of all, what is Preptober Prompts?… Continue reading Preptober Prompts Day 11
After my absence, it's nice to return and have some tags to play with, so here's a little q&a session. I can't catch up with ever single tag I have been tagged for and so apologies for those I miss. My hasty records of tags were not sufficient. Some I have lost, some I only… Continue reading Two Tags | a q&a session
On Monday I shall present for my class by memory a Socratic dialogue I have written. I have always found writing new things interesting, whether it be puzzling over a new poetry forms, reorganizing preexistent phrases as seen in bookbinder poetry, or experimenting with different point of views and tenses in a scene. Writing a… Continue reading Thoughts On Dialogues | both the fictional and non fictional kind
BOOM BABY I am back. Throw some confetti and commence the apologies. After a long silence, I finally have stopped ignoring that nagging reminder in my head that I had a personal commitment to write every weekend. I had plenty of thoughts before, all those weeks that slipped away without a post, but no time… Continue reading Return From An Unexpected Journey | writing is a habit, boundaries are your friends, + other collected bric-a-brac
Imagination is magic. How could I ever doubt it? I remember those days we sat on the dirty floor of the dark classroom pouring over your iPad early in the morning every week while all the moms were busy. We would play a hundred games on that device, everything from solving puzzles and serving hamburgers… Continue reading The Box Of Possibility | thoughts on imagination, creativity, and the inspiration found within a to-go box
March 10, 2017 Dear character: It's been a while since our interview and your debut is coming up soon by our calculation. We would appreciate if you would fill out the information form we gave you in the packet. Please send it in by the weekend and we'll contact you about schedules for next week's… Continue reading Dear Character | a short story based off of real life events of a younger self
Some people collect stamps. Others collect rocks or trinkets or magnets or keychains: things to remember places by or things to set on their shelf and admire. I collect words. But words aren’t quite as tangible as a rare rock or gold trophy, right? Words are almost abstract. Can you touch words? Can you taste… Continue reading The Beauty of Words
the rain-drenched writer. 