I confess that SeptemberOctoberNovember should hereby be combined into one 'cause seriously I can't keep track. Nor do I care to ( Read more... )

I confess that I’m newly glad to re-discover this term that encapsulates the giddy gush of affection one can feel for fictional characters and situations: fangirl/fanboy. I never knew I was one. (I wonder if there’s a gender-free version . . . oh, wait . . . fan ( Read more... )

I confess, oh my gosh ( Read more... )

"These patches of disorder made no difference -it is a house too spectacular to suffer distraction, forgiving of oversight and mess." p132 ( Read more... )

I confess that, although I'm up for writer's group critique soon, I haven't touched my WIP in weeks. Connected to this, I remain confused about my true purpose in life (the inherent drama in this statement is completely intended): is it to express my world through writing for a young audience, is it to build community via my born-with and acquired ( Read more... )

Between the past few days, I spotted now less than ( Read more... )

I think I'm beginning to understand something about writing a novel: you have to trust it.

Today, at my retreat in the woods, I wrote and wrote and revised.  I thought I'd try a new tactic where I used revision notes (I have seven year's worth, thanks to the amazing folk in my writer's group) to revise chapters instead of wracking my brain to figure ( Read more... )

I confess that I'm into the second week of my sabbatical from work, and it's amazing.  First, it's amazing that I got this "sabbatical thing" to work, taking two months off work (unpaid, technically) to write AND requesting financial support from my agency (I received a merit bonus that makes up about half of my pay.)  Second it's amazing that I ( Read more... )

 I confess that the new year has supposedly begun, but I'm still a mess from the old one.  Heaps of laundry waiting to be folded, bills yet to pay, unresolved emotional states, organizing to be organized.

I confess last year, I discovered a truth about how I write my current novel: it prefers to be written in concentrated chunks.  It's my task this ( Read more... )

Confession Tuesday ( Read more... )