Category: Writer

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…