On Writing | K.J. Scrim, Author

It’s 2014! CRIPES!

Posted on January 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

Has your writing ever come to a screeching halt and froze at a point just before impact? Days follow that turn into weeks and soon, not only has a month gone by, but you are into the next year already. Cripes! A new year already? What to do? You have already circled your desk 60 […]

A Magic Helicopter

Posted on October 25, 2013 Leave a Comment

For the past half year or so I have been a member of Delve Writing. We meet virtually once a week and are a group of writers who support one another to achieve our individual writing goals. Every week our moderator (I work with co-founder Aaron Brown) gives us some tasty treat for inspiration and […]

When is it Done?

Posted on October 20, 2013 2 Comments

In the comments of my previous post, my friend Mardra posed the question, “”When is it done?” I would like to take a guess at the answer (keyword, guess). I am working on a short story (that’s the one I keep talking about) that I had thought was done at least 5 times and […]

Four Edits and Counting

Posted on September 19, 2013 1 Comment

I have spent the day writing. This morning was dedicated to a short story that has been in the works for about a month now. When I hacked out the initial version I was so excited. I gave it to my editor for her seal of approval. I got it back with all my delusions […]

A Quote

Posted on September 10, 2013 Leave a Comment

The other day, on arbitrarydustbunnies, I posted this quote as a stand alone entry: “The wind had blown off, leaving a loud, bright night, with wings beating in the trees and a persistent organ sound as the full bellows of the earth blew the frogs full of life.” The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. […]

How I Did It

Posted on July 31, 2013 Leave a Comment

The other day I posted about those pesky verbs that take the color out of telling a story. I gave you all a prompt sentence to re-write and put color to: While playing pool with friends, Mary thought about Jake . I’m sure everyone is still busy working on something awesome for this writing prompt […]

Thought Verbs by; Chuck Palahniuk

Posted on July 29, 2013 3 Comments

Thought Verbs by; Chuck Palahniuk I found this post by way of another post via another post (amazing how these things work). Chuck Palahniuk makes a challenge to fellow writers to drop certain words from their writing vocabulary and I, for one, am going to take him up on that challenge. Anyone care to join […]

I’m Writing a Book….

Posted on July 25, 2013 2 Comments

It’s true. I am still on the skeleton of the book, but I am writing it. I have read hundreds and hundreds of books over the years (maybe even pushing that thousand plus mark), and I decided it was time. At the end of every well written book I get that “post-book depression.” I […]

The Great Balancing Act

Posted on July 24, 2013 6 Comments

You have a blog, you’re writing a book, you own your own business, you have kids, you have a home, you have a life, and they all seem to run like a well rusted machine. How do you do it? What is the secret to keeping a balance between all of life’s obligations? The crank […]

…and Now For the Present

Posted on July 20, 2013 2 Comments

This morning I was on a writers’ check-in (DelveWriting.com) and we were discussing what the definition of a writer is. Several of my fellow writers felt they were not being taken seriously by their family and friends. We all know we are writers yet the lack of outside support brought the whole idea into a […]