WOW. What a day! Being included on the list of Freshly Pressed blogs yesterday was a fantastic surprise. Thank you to everyone who has dropped by! The best part of the Freshly Pressed experience has been hearing from so many other writers! If you haven’t had a chance to check…
Can you Write in Coffee Shops?
This week I read a post from the Atlantic called Working Best at Coffee Shops that got me thinking about writing in coffee shops. I have yet to master the art of writing in coffee shops. It sounds glamourous – I know so many excellent writers did it, or do it…
Why Didn’t Anyone Tell me That Writing Your First Novel is Terrifying?
As I’ve mentioned here before, I’m working on my first larger work, a novel set in the early 1900s. For the past month or so, I’ve been in the outlining and researching phase, although I’m writing scenes in fits and bursts too. I’ve really been enjoying the research and the…
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Creative Inspiration’s Many Faces
I’ve been feeling very creative lately, but this recent wave of creativity initially seemed to be manifesting itself not in my writing, but on my walls. Last week I took a break from writing, which somehow prompted a wall decorating rampage. I made an eye chart that’s actually a quotation:…
A Top 5 List About Lists
List (noun): “A series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record” (Dictionary.com) I love lists. I love writing lists and crossing items off lists, and I love reading lists that other people write. I love grocery lists, goal lists, Bucket lists, To-Do lists, idea lists and top [insert any number here] lists. There’s something so satisfying about…
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Adventures in Outlining (And Possibly How Outlines Can Help YOU Too)
Before I started writing a larger work (the historical novel I’m chipping away at), I didn’t think much about outlines. Sometimes I’d jot down a few key events for short stories, but I usually just adjusted as I went. With a short story, this is easy to do. With a…
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