It happened again. I was pondering as I usually ponder and unintentionally came up with another book series. I told it to my younger boy, who’s twelve. He’s very eager for this new idea. Why do I do this to myself? Because stories are infinite. There are so many good stories out there. I’m incapableContinue reading “MOAR IDEAS!”
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Chocolate Chip Celebration
As I type this at the dining room table, my wife is clattering in the kitchen. She mutters to herself, happy words, contented words, eager words. You see, she’s making chocolate chip cookies. As I describe her, she chortles. She is happy. This is how we celebrate in our home. She makes the cookies. WeContinue reading “Chocolate Chip Celebration”
Write Fast! Write Good!
How do you write the words good fast with the fingers on the keyboard? I’m in the midst of WHAM! It stands for “Writing Hard All Month!” And that means I’m attempting to write at least 50,000 words in the month of October. But how can I do that? I don’t know what other writersContinue reading “Write Fast! Write Good!”
October is about to get WHAMed
Imma do it. So, NaNoWriMo is dead to me. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. The idea was that in the month of November, everyone buckles down to write at least 50,000 words, ideally completing a novel. The program was great… for a while. And then it fell apart. Essentially those in charge appearContinue reading “October is about to get WHAMed”
Goal-Oriented Writing
The goal of your writing changes what you write. In some ways, that’s blitheringly obvious. If your goal is to create beauty through poetry, you write poetry. If your goal is to launch a massive intertwined universe of books, you write books that are related to each other, and a lot of them. If yourContinue reading “Goal-Oriented Writing”
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