I have hesitantly decided to try out NaNoWriMo this year. That’s National Novel Writing Month for those unfamiliar. Basically, you commit to writing 50,000 words […]
Writing Research, the 1950s
Things I’ve looked up in the past few days trying to plot a story set in the early 1950s: With Love, Natalie
Writing, a little
I spent four hours at Write On’s writing center today. I was inspired by the gala on Thursday to enjoy the space and curious to […]
Penny arcades + other writing research
Home today. Then I go to Write On. A couple of hours of timeline mapping and rewriting an old scene made new. It’s not much. […]
Writing Update: Starting with a punch
When I’m writing fiction, and I don’t know where to start, half the time I start with my character punching someone and let it flow […]
Healing Through Writing
I attended a “Healing Through Writing” workshop at Write’s On writing center today — an hour workshop they do monthly, though it was my first […]
Writing Update: I pretend to know about cars
Trying for another Tuesday writing update. I haven’t written every day this week, but I have done some writing. I’ve accidentally pursued a story direction […]
Writing Update: Vince
I used to do writing updates on Tuesday, when I was in the groove, writing a last sentence every day, drafting and revising. It’s been […]
Code Word
Code words and body signalsFor please fucking save meIt’s part of the dreams I killIt’s part of memory If I drop the phrase into the […]
Morning Writing
I had this beautiful morning of working on writing in the hour before I started work. Unplanned. I had planned to start work an hour […]