Tag: ponder

  • 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…

  • October 2019 IWSG

    October 2 question – It’s been said that the benefits of becoming a writer who does not read is that all your ideas are new and original. Everything you do is an extension of yourself, instead of a mixture of you and another author. On the other hand, how can you expect other people to…

  • Time Enough?

    How does one make time? Is there a spell for that? Do you pray to Chronos while sacrificing a rubber chicken to the black hole at the center of our galaxy? A recipe, maybe? Blend 2 cups anti-matter, 5 fairy wings with the tongue of a ladybug, then cook for 8 plank times on high?…

  • IWSG July 2019

    What personal traits have you written into your character(s)? Umm… I think the list would be shorter if we asked what personal traits I didn’t write into my characters. I’ve used so many things – my personal faith, my outlooks on what a relationship should and shouldn’t be, my mule-headed tendency to try and do…

  • Directions?

    Have you ever decided to take a long, hard look at your life and *think* about what it is your doing and why and what you are expecting to get out of it? Have you ever noticed that in most movies, the hero doing this manages to sort his/her shit out in a single night…