SquarePeg Books

Category: Writer

  • Elusive

    I feel like I’ve forgotten how to write. I mean, obviously, I’m writing this, so the technical skills are there, but the creative side of it seems to be eluding me for some odd reason.  It’s almost like I can’t remember how I used to put stories together in my head and then let them…

  • Starting 2019

    There’s actual snow on the ground. I live in Colorado, and, sad to say, snow is a rarity anymore. But even an inch  of snow on New Year’s Day is lends hope for the coming year. Misplaced hope, perhaps, but hope none the less. 2018 has been an eventful year. Some of it good, some…

  • Fear

    Fear is an interesting thing. We all have different fears – heights, pain, children, dentists, clowns, ketchup stains and so on – but we all have some of the same fears, too. Failure is a biggie, but in my experience, it isn’t just “failure” that’s the problem. It’s the consequences of failure that we’re afraid…

  • IWSG October

    How do major life events affect your writing? Has writing ever helped you through something? Y’all need to stop stalking me. I know I’m so fascinating, but asking questions like this is more creepy than the heavy breather on the phone (who incorrectly describes me, by the by). Years of observation have shown me a…

  • Fantasies

    Do you think writers (and the more voracious readers) have fewer affairs? This is where a lot of affairs start: you’re unhappy. Why you’re unhappy could be any number of reasons; financial, you don’t feel appreciated, you feel used, disconnected, fill-in-the-blank. Whatever the reason, whatever the perceived cause, you’re unhappy. You don’t like being unhappy.…

  • Little By Little…

    Tipity tap. Tap, tap, tap, tapptiy tip tap tip. Click. Clickity clack. Tappity tippity click clack. Tipity click. Tippity clickclicktaptiptippityclicketytiptapclickclack. Clackclackclacktippityclicktapclicktappitytiptapclickclakctiptapclicketyclacketyclicktip! I’ve missed that noise. I didn’t realize how much I missed the sound of my fingers clicking away on my keyboard (I have an old Microsoft ergonomic model and I like it, so hush).…