Hi, friends.

So here's the thing:  I've had visitors and have barely touched my computer since last Thursday.  This has put a significant crimp in my Mon/Thurs posting plan, since Chapter 25 was being recalcitrant at the end of last week and still needs some significant hand-holding before it'll be willing to be seen in public.  I'm going to throw ( Read more... )

So, this is not Chapter 20.  I realize that.  Chapter 20 exists half in a word doc and half in my brain at this moment.  I'm hoping to get it done later this afternoon or tonight, and I will post it just as soon as I can be sure that it's coherent and presentable.  Writing time has been almost nonexistent for the last week or two, but things are ( Read more... )

There is sun shining through my office window this morning, and though it illuminates the dust motes and the stacks of paper that seem to multiply on their own, all it's really doing is making me happy.  It feels like a day for poetry, and those don't happen nearly enough.

I'm rarely surprised by a poetry day, and today is no exception.  I can feel ( Read more... )

So I was driving along this afternoon, in one of those moments of reflective quiet (or as reflective and quiet as one can be when listening to the new Alicia Keys album at top volume) that are the writer's best friend, and I got to thinking about how I write.  Not why, or when, or what, but how.  I imagine that everyone has their little quirks and ( Read more... )

I hate, hate, hate days like this.  My writing, unfortunately, is very contingent upon my moods; so when I get in a funk, it's very hard for me to write in any productive manner.  Take today, for instance.  I'm 'supposed' to be working on real writing stuff, which means I've been trying hard to steer clear of happy M&S writing.  It also means I've ( Read more... )

So as you all know by now , my beloved coconspirator,
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And I'm back!  I got up this morning, got some actual work done, took myself for a walk, and ate a real lunch.  Then I sat down, put Cheryl Crow's I Shall Believe on repeat on my ipod, and wrote chapter five.  Yesterday afternoon's aimless wandering and emptiness evidently served a purpose, because today I feel much better.

Yesterday, not even my ( Read more... )

Yesterday was an insane day, writing-wise.  Two words (ninety days) set me off on a 2800 word tangent that kept me busy all day.  I wrote the first part of Countdown in one furious session yesterday morning, then broke my own rules and posted it a few hours later.  Then I forced myself to edit Chapter Four, which I somehow managed, but I quickly ( Read more... )

I had one of those moments of panic yesterday that are the writer's form of torture.  I got a few paragraphs into chapter three the night before, but when I got up to start writing yesterday, I had nothing.  Not a thing.  So I fussed around with titles for future chapters (there's a trend going on, if you haven't picked up on it yet) and let them ( Read more... )

So chapters one and two are up, as you may have noticed.  I like what I'm up to so far, and the first few paragraphs of chapter three are pretty pleasing.  Trouble is, I can't decide precisely where I'm going next.  Hopefully I'll find some time later on to sit with it and figure out what's next.  Lead and Follow is going to be pretty character ( Read more... )