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Category: writing

  • Cloaking myself in portability and the Mystery of Moving

    I am currently moving, and the entire process — while exhausting — is definitely one of Life’s Mysteries. The definition of Mystery: an event that only those who have been initiated into it understand fully; it’s generally difficult if not impossible to describe the Mystery, which is why it’s a Mystery. There are various Mysteries…

  • Technique Tuesday: Link round-up

    For my first Technique Tuesday I am doing a link round-up of great articles by other writes on key pieces of technique for your writing and your writing career. These articles helped me a great deal, and I hope they do the same for you. The Devil is in the Details: 3 Ways to Make…

  • Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday, August 13th, 2011: damn know-it-all healers

    From Bellica, part one: “How did you…” “I’m a healer,” Ghia said, cleaning the bloody cut on the bellica’s hand. “I know everything.” Yarrow snarled, and Ghia would have laughed if it wouldn’t have spoiled the effect. “You know you should be more careful with your hands, as Caelum says. This isn’t the first time…

  • Books I Think You Should Pick Up (And Read, Obviously).

    So, I heard about something called The Friday Five, and apparently it’s something you do on your blog each week. There seem to be sites that generate questions for it, but I’ve been told you can also just list five things you want to share. I’ve decided to do it. As this is the blog…

  • Writer Wednesday: it’s like the future sneaked up behind me and shouted “Boo!”

    I’ve just spent the past few hours reading about Twitter hashtags for writers, finding new and varied blogs about writing and the writing business, finding prompts and challenges for blogging, and finding out that self-publishing may be losing its bad rap sooner rather than later. Which is awesome, because legacy publishing is kind of B.S.-tastic.…

  • 2011 Writing Goals

    Start Bellica rewrites. Write 4 chapters of The Jade Star of Athering. Complete Clio Muse table for parthenon. Write rituals for Imbolc, Ostara, Beltaine, Litha, Lughnasadh, Mabon, Samhain, and Yule. Flesh out some story ideas. Fix up Snowbound. Finish 30 books in 30 days blogging prompt challenge. Win NaNoWriMo.

  • 30 in 30: Day 10 (in which I ramble off into existential bullshit about the nature of writing)

    A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving Writing Down the Bones, by Natalie Goldberg. The book was assigned for a Creative Writing class I had back in 2004 (Hi, Vinnie). I took one look at it and rolled my eyes, thinking Whatever, I’ve been writing for years. What can this book…

  • That’s progress, I suppose

    I have not actually written any on The Jade Star of Athering since August 2nd. However, I have thought about writing on it, and even opened the notebook to the appropriate page so I can start typing up the handwritten chapters I have done so I can continue on, as I’ve reached that point where…

  • Daily Heart Attack

    Today I signed into Facebook and saw this:   Augh! What do you mean only ninety-eight days? I haven’t finished The Jade Star of Athering, Islands of Fire and Water, OR The Man of Bronze! How the frak am I supposed to start a new novel in 98 days??? Ahh! Ahhh! AHHHHHHHHHH! *hyperventilates* *calms down*…

  • Adventures with an Amsterdam Prostitute

    This past weekend was a long one for Victoria Day (Canadian holiday — yes, we have those), so I decided to go to my dad’s for a few days. My dad is a farmer, and going to visit him means helping out on the farm or in the garden. WHAT I AM A WRITER I…