Tag: whining
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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 observation have shown me a…
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Inspiration
I feel like Muse from the movie Dogma – I can inspire others all day long but it doesn’t work for me. Do you know how many people have told me I’m their damned inspiration? – People going through divorce (I’m not divorced, never have been, but somehow I gave them strength to do that?)…
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I Hate the Delivery Boy
Me: *standing outside my door* Wow! Losing the stress has really helped me get back my ability to focus on writing! Muse: *pulls up in a really sexy car and steps out to lean seductively on the hood* Hi, Sugar. Miss me? Me: Muse! Muse: *pats the hood of the car suggestively.* How about we…
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Of Self-Told Lies and Self-Made Lists
“… I sobbed: quietly, trying to make no noise… Crying because I’d reached the limit of what I could repress.” James Alan Gardner, Radiant This isn’t really a writing post, or even a super positive or funny post, so you can totally skip it. I won’t get upset. It’s been happening for a…
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Self-Sabotage?
This is what life is going to be like when the kids are in school, so why don’t I just start getting into the groove now? I ask myself that. A lot. Especially now. The kids are at day-camp, which is a lot like school hours for this particular program. I’ve got an idea for…
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The Point of Publishing…
I’m not there yet. I’m a slow writer. I’ve learned through observation that the masses do not want to wait 2 years in between books that are all a part of the same series (well, not anymore – 30 years ago, there wasn’t much of a choice, but now…). If you make them wait, you…
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