My nano project (such as it was) was to finish various nano projects. I was wondering how do you recapture your mojo on a story that you've set aside. ushobwri also just had it as a theme which got my brain on it. For me, it's rereading it, making notes as I go. Sometimes I can figure out where I've gone wrong, like the one where it got too angry (hello ( Read more... )

So this week's writing post is self indulgent. It's part of my process is to talk to others when I get stuck and that often helps me to get things moving. I was talking to evil_little_dog last night and thought this would be a neat thing to continue here ( Read more... )

I will be going to a cabin in the woods Mon/Tues so if I'm not around don't worry. I wish I wasn't dreading this. It should be fun. Not surprisingly the depression is awful and also today it's been raining for 14 hours straight so it'll be a fun muddy hike. Eye roll ( Read more... )

Let's talk about series and the formula. I think this might be a bit more noticeable in mystery series than other genres. I'm not saying it's a bad thing either but I also wonder if maybe breaking away from the formula a little might help. I'm going to look at two series I read. First is C.S. Harris's Sebastian St. Cyr series, one of my favorite ( Read more... )

I went to another concert tonight I'll tell you about it tomorrow for music monday. It was an hour drive either way and I was trying to concentrate on story ideas (and ignore 40 miles of Trump/Vance signs) I got to thinking about what was (hopefully) the last box/bag of old angsty letters for me. I had forgotten the sheer number of lawsuits and ( Read more... )

I'll tell you all about the Renn fest tomorrow. I figured it is time to touch on this writing topic I've been trying to do for months but since it's been a week of politically related posts it's time. I started having thoughts about a year ago about this and then about 4-6 weeks ago someone on Rainbow Snippets that I participate in as Jana said ( Read more... )

So this was the final day of my 3 festivals in 3 days (my knee is now suing for divorce) It was the Bob Evans Farm Festival. For those who don't know my university now owns Bob Evans farm (the actual farm, not the restaurant chain, we should be so lucky) This festival is a huge deal but on the other hand it doesn't change much from year to year. I ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about how to convey complex emotions in fiction. How do you all approach it? It's often more than one feeling/action that we should see. I'm thinking about it for a few reasons today 1) I'm having the weird symptoms again, feels like asthma but isn't. Is it GERD? Is it my heart? This is when I should go to the urgent care to be ( Read more... )

My power came on at 930 this morning (after a very restless night) I am happy to have it back (less happy at some people denigrating Ohioans for being upset about the power. Yes we KNOW that further south is a horror show but you do realize that some people depend on power for oxygen delivery who are literally suffocating from their COPD while they ( Read more... )

Otherwise known as the writerly ways edition. So I did as I said I would, got up early and arrived at Point Pleasant for the Mothman Festival. It was cool and FOGGY. I could barely see the memorial silver bridge and while there was no traffic, the tiny public lot (reserved for the handicapped) had 2 places left at twenty after nine (it opens at 10 ( Read more... )