So, it's that point in the storybuilding process, when I realize I have to go to the end and figure out what that is so I can build a bridge from this corner into which I've written myself to that end point. And lordy, is this particular corner Escheresque ( Read more... )

Cornish isn't a language that's super easy to figure out, but I've been searching online glossaries for words I can at least use as placeholders in my book until I can track down an expert who's willing to help me get it right. In Cornish, nouns are either male or female. So I looked around for equivalents to "witch" or "hag", and I found:

gwragh: ( Read more... )

This morning I went out to tackle the overgrown part of the flower bed that is supposed to contain daffodils, mint, and roses--and it does, but in such profusion that--well, it needs taming. When I do yardwork, if I don't have something on the headphones, some song or another usually gets stuck on a loop in my head. Often it's annoying, but today ( Read more... )

So, wow, either certain showrunners/writers really don't understand how fans process and react to hints, teases, and misdirections, orrrrrr...they're just lying liars who lie ( Read more... )

I had a plan for tonight. It didn't work out so well.

So I am going to pour myself a glass of wine and grab a stack of notecards, on which I am going to write down things I can do to endanger my characters terrify my characters make my characters miserable up the literary stakes. One (very, very literary) thing per card ( Read more... )

You know what's simultaneously exhilarating and infuriating about writing ( Read more... )

For various reasons, mostly having to do with context, I posted a story tonight under flock, but I've also posted it, context-free, at AO3. So, here's a link:

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad ApocalypseIt's short, just under 500 words, and it's actually a lot of fun if you can get a large group of people to join in on the " ( Read more... )

So I am suddenly writing a thing in first person to submit for summer residency workshop. I have written in first person exactly once before, so this terrifies the heck out of me. No matter how commonplace first person is in YA, it's never been my thing, much. But it seems to be working--it's part of a quest to reclaim and revamp a novel that ( Read more... )

( spoilerish thoughts about writing mostly )

Hey, the sun is out. This is possibly a good thing. I'm still a little bleary.

This morning is all about cleaning floors with the vacuum and the steam mop (I <3 my steam mop, I'm just saying), and then working on cleaning out more of the garage. Have you ever had that experience of suddenly seeing how much dust and uck has seemingly appeared out ( Read more... )