Tag: Writer
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An IWSG Post – CYA
Despite my… ah… current creative difficulties, I have actually been trying to work on other things related to the writing gig. I’ve been doing research on random things like history and tactics and occasionally some business consideration will pop up somewhere that makes me think “Hmmm, I should think about that.” A post I read…
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Details – An IWSG post
Oops. A little late today. It being summer and two rugrats hanging on your ears all day eveyr day will chew up your sense of time. My insecurity today is my OCD in the storytelling world. The same OCD that has ruined most fiction for me. My husband and I started watching Houdini and Doyle.…
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Summer is Coming…
*hiding under the couch* No, seriously. That’s about how it feels. I have 7 year old twins. and now I’ll have 12 weeks with them at home in which I need to entertain them in some fashion other than the TV, because the husband refuses to do day care. Not that it will affect my…
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Blockage
Writer’s Block. Writer’s Anxiety. Writing Doubts. Perfectionism. Insecurity. It doesn’t matter the term. I’ve got it. Hard. No, no. Don’t back away. It isn’t contagious. At least, I don’t think it is. *achooo!* At first I thought it was just some minor irritation. The words weren’t flowing. That happens every now and again. No big…
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Blood, Sweat and Tears
A lot of people don’t realize how stiff competition can be, even for the jobs you would think no one wants. Take for example, the people wearing the character costumes at Disney World. “It’s just a kid in a Mickey Mouse costume!” is what many say. Ahhhhh… no. While there is a good chance that…
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Writing Hormones
Is it bad that you would rather have your children interrupt you while you’re having an intimate moment with your spouse than interrupt you while you’re writing? I am convinced that writers exude work-related pheromones. Much like the pheromones that pour off adults when they’re getting intimate that immediately inspire the baby to cry, these…
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