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IWSG June 2020
June 3 Question – Writers have secrets! What are one or two of yours, something readers would never know from your work? I haven’t read a new fiction book in years. I can’t do it. I get too caught up in the details, the inconsistencies, the plot holes, how I would’ve phrased that sentence, blahblahblah.…
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IWSG May 2020 – Very Late
Do you have any rituals that you use when you need help getting into the ZONE? Care to share? It used to be: get up, eat, get the kids to school, shower, tea, write. If I didn’t do one of those things, the day was shot for writing. If I had to do something else,…
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Tackling Area 51 In The Basement
Has anyone else encountered an odd psychological resistance to working on your Unfinished projects? I’ve made progress, I have, really. But some days it just feels like I’m flogging a dead horse to finish some of these things that I started years ago. I’m not talking about “I bought yard for this project, but I…
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IWSG April 2020
So this month’s question is: How are things in your part of the world? Very little writing in the last 6 months, despite my efforts. Less than awesome, but survivable. Things have been like that for a long time, actually. I thought I’d moved past it last fall, but then everything went to crap,…
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IWSG March 2020
Other than the obvious holiday traditions, have you ever included any personal or family traditions/customs in your stories? Not really. I should though, if for no other reasons than the fact that it would give my characters “extra” character. Like how my Mom would always eat the ears off my chocolate bunnies before I even…
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ISWG January 2020
January 8 question – What started you on your writing journey? Was it a particular book, movie, story, or series? Was it a teacher/coach/spouse/friend/parent? Did you just “know” suddenly you wanted to write? I have already mentioned my VERY INTERESTING ORIGIN STORY in a previous post, so I will be addressing something else today. My…