Tag: Creative
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Villain Reluctance
I wonder if I’m avoiding my manuscript because of my anti-hero. He’s a racist asshole. But he’s also necessary to the plot. As is his downfall. Which the way I have planned will work out as: Reader: “Damn. You are a racist son of a bitch! Why hasn’t someone ganked you yet?” Reads a few…
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The Constant Juggle
My daughter found out I’d taught myself to juggle 20 years back and now wants me to teach her. I’m having to re-learn myself. I wasn’t a master at it, but I could do a few tosses before I lost the groove. Then things happened – you know, college, work, being dumb with your friends…
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New Year, New Plans
The second post of the year and we’re already to Insecure Writer’s Support Group Day. Oy. Like the peer pressure to make resolutions isn’t hard enough, now I have to be introspective and all that before I’m 40? Dang. Hmmmm… bloggy subjects… *sounds of flipping paper* Ah, no. That’s a little too heavy this early…
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Getting Out of the Swamp of Something-Or-Other
I like to think of myself as moderately technology capable. Okay – I’m not that quick to learn WordPress features, but I’m getting there. I can use my cell phone to call people and text and take pictures and I’ve got my alarm clock feature crammed with daily alarms and I just figured out the…
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Creativity and Meds
Balancing Creativity and Mental Illness For as long as I remember, there has always been a link between the “creative types” and some form of mental illness. High rates of depression, bi-polar, “somethin’s just not right with little Ray,” whatever. And while the above article doesn’t do much except to re-iterate something that has been…
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Writer’s Block
I’ve been dealing with some… stuff lately. I’ll expound upon it later but right now, I’d like to kick it off with this little headliner. Yes, I know. The standard “good little writer response” to the phrase Writer’s Block is supposed to be: There’s no such thing. Yeah, well. It still happens, whether or not…
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