Category: Writing

  • IWSG July 2020

    Dammit! I lost the pool for June. I had my money on Sharknado in Texas, but it didn’t pan out. Neither did the last minute bet on “The Mummy” causing havoc in the US. Anyhoo… The topic of the month is how you think the publishing will or should change in the near future. I…

  • My Irrational Brain

    Changes are a thing. Sometimes a wonderful thing, sometimes an uncomfortable thing. Change is the only constant in the Universe, as my Dad used to say. Like this new WordPress editor that they’re saying they will foist off on all of us. I’m using it now, but I’m not so certain I like it. But…

  • IWSG February 2020

    February 5 question – Has a single photo or work of art ever inspired a story? What was it and did you finish it? Well, yes. I have two instances of that, both of which were from a local Short Story contest held by my library. I don’t have the pictures anymore, but the first…

  • 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…

  • December 2019 ISWG

    Wow. December. The year is already gone. I’m not sure what I accomplished this past year. I progressed a bit on my writing, banging out a rough draft romance novel, tightened up Book 3 volume 1 of the fantasy series (Book 3 is going to kill me, I swear. I knew it was going to…

  • IWSG November 2019

    What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever googled in researching a story? Ooohhhh…. hah… uhm…. How do I pick *just* one? I mean, there was the time I needed to determine if there are snakes or lizards that actually have live births of their young (There are.). Or the afternoon I needed to research… uhm… adult…