Tag: Writer

  • 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.…

  • Little By Little…

    Tipity tap. Tap, tap, tap, tapptiy tip tap tip. Click. Clickity clack. Tappity tippity click clack. Tipity click. Tippity clickclicktaptiptippityclicketytiptapclickclack. Clackclackclacktippityclicktapclicktappitytiptapclickclakctiptapclicketyclacketyclicktip! I’ve missed that noise. I didn’t realize how much I missed the sound of my fingers clicking away on my keyboard (I have an old Microsoft ergonomic model and I like it, so hush).…

  • The Story Of Your Heart

    The dreaded yet beloved Story. The Story that you ache to tell. The Story that you desperately want to share with the world. The Story that is quirky, odd, off-beat or maybe about an “edgy” or possibly “offensive”  subject. The Tale that nags you when you try to sleep and claims squatting rights in your…

  • IWSG August

    August 1 question – What pitfalls would you warn other writers to avoid on their publication journey? Oh, this one is going to be rich since I haven’t actually published anything yet. I’m going to be looking at things from a self-publishing angle, so if that isn’t your cup of tea, you can skip this…

  • 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…

  • IWSG June

    What’s harder for you to come up with, book titles or character names? Oh, please, GoofenDoodle. Character names are so easy. Fantasy names I can either slam together sounds until it feels right or lift something out of an article I’m reading and change a few letters. If I’m writing a fiction loosely based in…