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Category: Writing

  • Details – An IWSG post

    Oops. A little late today. It being summer and two rugrats hanging on your ears all day eveyr day will chew up your sense of time. My insecurity today is my OCD in the storytelling world. The same OCD that has ruined most fiction for me. My husband and I…

  • Blockage

    Writer’s Block. Writer’s Anxiety. Writing Doubts. Perfectionism. Insecurity. It doesn’t matter the term. I’ve got it. Hard. No, no. Don’t back away. It isn’t contagious. At least, I don’t think it is. *achooo!* At first I thought it was just some minor irritation. The words weren’t flowing. That happens every…

  • Blood, Sweat and Tears

    A lot of people don’t realize how stiff competition can be, even for the jobs you would think no one wants. Take for example, the people wearing the character costumes at Disney World. “It’s just a kid in a Mickey Mouse costume!” is what many say. Ahhhhh… no. While there…

  • Writing Hormones

    Is it bad that you would rather have your children interrupt you while you’re having an intimate moment with your spouse than interrupt you while you’re writing? I am convinced that writers exude work-related pheromones. Much like the pheromones that pour off adults when they’re getting intimate that immediately inspire…