Tag: Writer
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Elusive
I feel like I’ve forgotten how to write. I mean, obviously, I’m writing this, so the technical skills are there, but the creative side of it seems to be eluding me for some odd reason. It’s almost like I can’t remember how I used to put stories together in my head and then let them…
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IWSG January 2018
What are your favorite and least favorite questions people ask you about your writing? Sadly, not many people ask questions, and when they do, it’s the same questions: What do you write? I will say there are a number of things that I don’t like people saying about my writing. These things make my eye…
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Starting 2019
There’s actual snow on the ground. I live in Colorado, and, sad to say, snow is a rarity anymore. But even an inch of snow on New Year’s Day is lends hope for the coming year. Misplaced hope, perhaps, but hope none the less. 2018 has been an eventful year. Some of it good, some…
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December IWSG
What are five objects we’d find in your writing space? Only five? Like most people, I have pens and paper and books, a stapler, cups to hold the pens and so on, so I guess we’re looking for the less common things with this question. I have what I call “The Bard’s Noose” hanging on…
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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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Fantasies
Do you think writers (and the more voracious readers) have fewer affairs? This is where a lot of affairs start: you’re unhappy. Why you’re unhappy could be any number of reasons; financial, you don’t feel appreciated, you feel used, disconnected, fill-in-the-blank. Whatever the reason, whatever the perceived cause, you’re unhappy. You don’t like being unhappy.…