So today in addition to revising an outline and sending it back to my co-writer, writing 3,500 words on a new project, making chili, and cleaning the apartment, I also, on a quick walk to RiteAid to pick up something, told myself a story, then sat down when I got back and wrote it out […]
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1. If you missed it yesterday, I’m going to be doing #WillWrite2FeedOthers again this year! Make a donation of $5 or more to your local food bank (or proof of an hour’s volunteering) and send me the receipt. When we hit goal ($250 US), everyone who donated will get access to a brand-new story written for them.
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I’d very much like to pretend that it’s still June, but the fireworks going off in my neighborhood last night suggest that nope, we’re into July. After a few false starts and emotional walk-throughs, I’ve sent off the latest “Mom Files” essay to beta-readers, this one on the storytelling brain, liminal spaces, and filling in
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Western Washington is currently experiencing a bit of a WTFkery – two major snowfalls within ten days. I may mock my neighbors’ confusion and lack of basic storm gear (seriously, people; buy a shovel. And use it. Half-assing clearing your sidewalk or driveway just creates a melt-and-freeze scenario that’s not good for anyone), but since
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I’d ask where the summer’s gone, but the answer is, it’s going in a haze of annoying heat, pushy deadlines, and random travel. And political WTFkery. And work. And Deadline Elbow, aka tendonitis. I suppose it could be worse, and I did get the new book handed in, only a little (a lot) late. But
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If you missed last month’s new story on Patreon, “Trouble in Fear,” you can still sign on and read it – plus the first Pietr Cholis story, “Trouble in Mind”! Otherwise you’re going to have to wait until the series is complete, and then buy the full set…. (and that may not be for another
One of the interesting joys of the current story-series is that I’m NOT writing a broken or restricted character – I’m writing a character who has gotten his shit together & is taking on a new, out-of-comfort-zone challenge because he chooses to. Because the story doesn’t end when the broken bits of a POV character
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Did you notice I was gone? (you did? Awwww….) Short story quicker: after numerous delays caused by neither the seller nor the buyer, last week I handed off the paperwork (and got a check) for my NYC apartment. Whew. But this required a sudden (expensive!airfare) trip to NYC, which turned into a “hang around with
For those new to the game, every week on Twitter we’re given a word (the “book quote for Wednesday”) and challenged to come up with an excerpt from our work to match it. If you’re on Twitter, look for the hashtag BookQW. This week, the word is “short,” and I’m sharing a bit from the
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The to-list today only has 4 items! But each one’s probably going to take 3-4 hours to finish. The math…does not look good for me today. I am therefore removing social media from the equation until at least one thing is done… Try not to set anything on fire while I’m gone? And remember to
Friday’s got a weight on its back and a destination in mind… Read More »