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Tag: Writer

  • The Inspiration

    Or the Origin Story. Whichever. Characters have origin stories. Bob was born in a rail car outside Tampa during a rainstorm, his mother being attended to by three bears and an alien from the Crab Nebula, also named Bob, but pronounced “Jerome.” My origin story is not quite so awesome. I’ve run across people as…

  • Technology and Writing

    I lurk in dark and sordid places on the internet where I find writers are wont to gather. Sometimes I say something. Most times I do not. A while back, someone posted a request for information. Apparently, this person had sent out their manuscript to a few readers, and they’d come back with the critique…

  • Choosing a Pseudonym

    Joe Hardensniffer. No. No one would take a ‘Joe’ seriously. So, I’ve got something like 6 years before I’ll have the cash to push out a single self-published title. Yes, I could put it all on a credit card, but I’d like to NOT do that if I could help it. $1500 per book is…

  • Pity the Spouse of a Writer

    My husband says I look like a different person when I write. Some days I sit and ponder, and he can smell the cranial smoke boiling out of my ears as my brain turns on the problem of removing as many occurrences of the the word “was” from a given chapter as possible. Other days…

  • EIN’s and Tinfoil Undies

    Employer Identification Number. EIN. In the US, it’s used to file taxes by those running a small business. I don’t know what they call it in other countries. “But Katty,” you protest. “I don’t need one of those. I have my social security number.” It’s true, you do have an SSN. And it’s also true…

  • A mosey or a sprint?

    Sometimes I sprint when I write. I emphasize “sometimes.” My sprints look something like this: I’m puttering along, minding my own business, scribbling ideas, nit-noiding over word choices, plot ideas, whatever for manuscript X when suddenly, in walks the muse. My muse and I have a … Well, I don’t know what we have, exactly.…