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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 3 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 4 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 […]