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What am I looking for?
This is an experiment I’m hoping to keep going for some time. Author E.V. Bancroft gifted me a deck of cards from the Writing Down the Bones series, and I’ve been eager to see how it works. I’m a big believer in timed free writing because it forces you to…
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It’s the end
And I admit, I’m largely unprepared, as I’ve done so little to get to this point. The year has flashed past, a comet highlighting my general inability to get stories out. Or is it that I’m simply feeling that way because…well, yeah. Because I didn’t get any stories out. I…
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I adore adventure
And I love a challenge. Or I used to, anyway. Steampunk is a very cool, very interesting genre, and I thought I’d challenge myself to write something I’ve never done before. Cue head banging against the desk, months of procrastination, and research rabbit holes about things like Victorian underwear and…
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Brussel sprouts in chocolate sauce
I wrote the below for an article recently, but the site passed on it, so I thought I’d share it with you here. What is love? Love is messy. It’s complicated. It can make you feel like you can take the world by the scruff of its neck and make…
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Punching Imposter Syndrome in the Kisser
I’ve really been struggling to write lately. I have a book in motion, and I have a deadline (which I’m absolutely going to miss). Writing is a lot of work and sometimes it feels like you’re banging your head against a pillow–nothing really happens and you wear yourself out anyway.…
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Swimming upstream
Over on my other site, where I talk a lot of writing guff and spill a lot of personal stuff, I’ve posted about how writing feels right now.
