1. I have writer's block.
2. I'm tired.
3. I can see it all in my head, I'm just having a hard time putting it on paper.
4. I'm letting it ferment.
5. I keep getting ideas for my other story.
6. I have housework to do.
7. I'm hungry.
8. What was that noise?
9. I need to do more outlining.
10. Ooo shiny!
11. I need to catch up on my e-mail.
12. I need to catch ( Read more... )

There, I said it.

I hate editing. I always have. I always will ( Read more... )

This summer was supposed to be filled with writing and editing. I've done virtually none of either. I don't know what to do. :(

So, string camps have consumed my life for the last three weeks. This is a very good thing for me, but not so good for my writing/editing. No excuses this time. I just simply haven't had the energy to properly go about editing The Man, and therefore, I haven't tried. I don't want to have to do it many more times; I want to take my time and just get ( Read more... )

Empty Houses will be my NaNo novel for 2010. I can barely even get myself to open my Word doc for The Man, and all I'm doing with that is editing. I tend to get this way in the summer; in a kind of slump I just can't shake. Part of it has to do with the fact that I'm going to be working at two different camps over the next two weeks. It's hard to ( Read more... )

I'm feeling completely and utterly lost right now (and no, the series finale of LOST has nothing to do with this particular sensation). I have this delightful little novel idea in Empty Houses. I've done research. I've written out a crucial plot twist. It's all ready to go. And I just. Can't. Write. It ( Read more... )