Another week, more sentences. Less than I wanted but more than nothing. Stories are built little by little, word by word. I remind myself to […]
Writing Update: Marination
No matter how little or how much writing I get done, these updates force me to think about my story every day. A forced marination, […]
Writing Update: Skip to the Action
Another week of sentences. I had a good writing session last night after some pretty stilted (close to non-existant) ones on other days. I am […]
Writing Update: Chronologically
Another week of early-stage writing on my new shitty first draft. I’m trying this thing where I mostly write chronologically (like a normal person?) and […]
Writing Update: Hello Again
It’s been a cool six months since I did a real one of these. After all my reporting on the last sentences of the day, […]
More of this
Here’s an idyllic picture: Sunday afternoon. Rainy with high winds that make the waves rise and crash on the shore. I can see it from […]
Windows Open
I’m learning to leave the windows openRemembering that August mornings can be coolAnd that when the sun is out I lean my face into itTo […]
Writing Snippet
Another writing session tonight with Madeline! Just playing around with scenes still, finishing up the second part of one I worked on last time. I […]
Sweat & Magic
It’s been a hot minute since I did any fiction writing (were my lack of writing updates noticeable? *side-eye*), but I got back at it […]
A tribute to hard things
A tribute to hard things:May they always comeAnd pierce our skinAnd sicken our stomachAnd make us take long walksAnd sweat until our heads clearJust long […]