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Is this is a familiar scenario?

Keyboard is fired up. Coffee/tea/whatever is poured. You know exactly what you’re going to work on today. You’ve made a month-long commitment to reach a certain goal, and, dammit, you’re going to DO it. You’re excited about this. More importantly, you’re excited about your story and can’t wait to get the words down ( Read more... )

10 Commandments for the Happy Writer by Nathan Bransford.

Is this man a genius? Yes!

Currently I'm in a love-love relationship with my ghost story. Revisions are going well. I'm wrapping things up ( Read more... )

...strikes again with a fabulous PEP TALK !

OMG, this is exactly what I needed: Deb Garfinkle's Column re: the Reality of Writing.

Thanks, dlgarfinkle!

Read this. It's wonderful!

http://raleva31.livejournal.com/36523.html

You’re sitting in math, or English, or history, or whatever, and you’re industriously scribbling away in your notebook. Math problems? Verbs vs. adverbs? Reasons for the Civil War, or the discovery of the West Indies ( Read more... )