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Word counts by genre
I finished the ‘nonfiction project’ (see previous entry), the month-plus typing work that reignited the weird feelings in my wrists that the doctor informed me is not carpal tunnel syndrome. OK, it’s...
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The importance of setting
Marja McGraw guest-writes at the blog, Buried Under Books. Maria’s topic is setting in novels, and how popular authors use this to their advantage. Listen To Your Reader Interestingly, I’d just been...
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Not dead yet, just … distracted
Hat tip to K.d. McCrite: 10 Things Writers Can Learn From A Brick, noveldoctor.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As for the ‘writing,’ (I’m supposing that’s what you’d call it, although Researcher Who...
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Belated NaNoWriMo post
As I go through the mystery-list, I see more entries I’d have liked to have responded to in real time, such as this recommendation from my friend MaryG: Published NaNoWriMo Authors
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Writing Rules: 10 Experts — and one ordinary person — Take on the Writer’s...
In almost any type of how-to article or book, readers will find lists of what to do and what to avoid. If you want to succeed at whatever the expert is advising you about, do this and don’t do that....
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If only the real writing were as easy as the silly writing
I’m doing ‘housekeeping’ on some stories — writing down characters’ names in order to keep their activities straight, charting story arc developments, stuff like that. I’m skimming each short story so...
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Spirited research for a character
Whether I’m writing or not, I love research. Or maybe I’m entranced because it’s just as Robert Louis Stevenson said, “The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as...
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Visiting in class
In the midst of a momentary reflection as to whether I wrote much when I was a kid, in addition to ruining my eyes by reading all the time, it just came to me what all this social networking is:...
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FreeMind brainstorming tool
I found a new open source program I’m enjoying — FreeMind. It makes thinking fun, and you don’t hit the edge of the paper. The image is a 25% screenshot of an unfinished bubble map (this one’s of a...
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Invisible toggle key hatred
I am developing an abiding hatred for invisible toggle keys on the keyboard. The program you’re using may tell you to “press X to use the keyboard shortcut to do Y” but it doesn’t tell you the...
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Writers, please check your military information in stories
One of my pet peeves is stories, whether written or performed, that have incorrect military information. Some of the wrong information is simple, such as my current peeve, and some of it is illogical...
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Endless Night
The latest Miss Marple in the PBS series Masterpiece Mystery is Endless Night, a bit of an oddity because Miss Marple isn’t a character in the book.<- [highlight to see spoiler] Continued...
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Plotting to have fun
When I’m writing a story, sometimes I get stuck. I’ll forget where my characters are in relation to each other. I’ll forget the exact sequence of events. I’ll forget where the characters are standing....
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Gentlemen, er, Lady. (Re)Start your engine!
Anyone looking at the blog will see a big gap this year in published blog posts. Things went off course for me when, in January, I volunteered to do the homeowners association newsletter. I’d written...
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Not dead yet
Hello, hello, hello. It’s been a while. Nothing earth-shattering from me; just a new blog post to keep the blog alive and make some use of last January’s renewal fee for the URL. Sometimes, life...
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BSP, aka, blatant self-promotion
My publisher recently asked what I’d like readers to know about me from my writing. The question was a new slant on my writing’s purpose. I suppose the chief “about me” revelations would be repeated...
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