So, last Friday, a friend wrote to commend me for my recent spree of posts. In particular, he mentioned last week's Let's Talk About, saying it actually helped him, because he was considering writing some fantasy but was afraid he'd unwittingly use a few genre tropes. So, with that in mind--and because I love writing about fantasy's pitfalls--I... Continue Reading →
Writer’s Workshop #2 – The Quintessential Cat
Hi there, and welcome back to the Writer's Workshop. For today's edition, I thought I'd depart from tasting things (my memory of roman nougat's Pink 12 flavor from last week is still too fresh in my mind). Instead, I'm going visual this week, focusing on reading emotions. Now, full disclosure, I'd been intending to go... Continue Reading →
Muse Tuesday – Some Kind of Bow | Rainwater Archaic
Hi there, and welcome to my first Muse Tuesday, a series of practice scenes from my WIP's, and my favorite canons, just for practice. Now, I know Workshop Wednesdays would technically be a better fit for these scenes, but I want a dedicated place to explore characters and dialogue, separate from Wednesday, where I focus on descriptions.... Continue Reading →
Monday, AM #1 – My Everyday Jam
Hey there, and welcome back to my site for this first in a new series, Monday, AM, or Monday, About Me. The name says it all, really; every Monday, I'll post updates about my writing progress, along with any news from my weekend, including (of course) too-detailed retellings of weird experiences I had. The idea: to have a post each week... Continue Reading →
30 Days of NaNoWriMo 2 – Day 29: The Need to Improve
Today's writing session went extremely well. I was able to figure out the scene that'd given me grief yesterday, bringing me well within range of finishing the second chapter tomorrow. Which is awesome. Especially because it turns out there'll be a fight scene between Sydney and someone else at the end of the chapter. I am excitedly cracking... Continue Reading →
30 Days of NaNoWriMo 2 – Day 28: The Perspective Shuffle
Well, today was a bust. I hit a hurdle, but it's one I was able to figure out eventually. The solution required me to scrap today's work and start over though, so I'm just saving that for tomorrow morning. Today, I realized a problem and was able to figure out its solution--that's enough for me.... Continue Reading →
30 Days of NaNoWriMo 2 – Day 12: It Didn’t Work
Words for the Day: 1,492 Weird thing about that word total; my plan from yesterday (establish a work space at home, make coffee, write early in the morning, save a line as an easy starting point for the next day) absolutely didn't work. My experience with the attempt: I woke up to find that my... Continue Reading →
30 Days of NaNoWriMo 2 – Day 11: The Old, Old Ways Then, I Guess
The notebook trick didn't work today. Actually . . . I didn't write at all. And, I don't know why. Actually, I do know why--I just didn't write. I just, on multiple occasions, hit the point where I could've written, and instead of doing that, I just didn't. Not my proudest confession, but I'll own it at least.... Continue Reading →
30 Days of NaNoWriMo 2 – Day 10: The Old Ways
I seem to have forgotten the old ways. Today, I had a day off. Actually, today was the beginning of my last chain of days off for the year, before the holiday season hits at my job. I'd told myself I was going to start off with a ton of work. I wound up doing... Continue Reading →
30 Days of NaNoWriMo 2 – Day 9: Calm in the Storm
It rained today. Of course it did. Never has the weather felt so wildly appropriate. The thing is, it would have been so easy to not write at all. It would have been so natural to just wallow--take another day off. But . . . it rained. And, because everyone was sad, there were no visitors at... Continue Reading →
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