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Dry Boiled

I know it’s been a while since I posted something about my writing. It’s not that I haven’t been writing, editing, outlining, planning, submitting, etc. It’s that those activities are standard fare and so provoke little comment.

However, I am currently outlining a new story, and I’m watching it change as the story unfolds. I thought this might prove of interest to some of you.

Those who took my workshop Idea to Outline should find some of this familiar, but for the rest of you, my process goes in stages from idea, to initial synopsis, to breaking down that synopsis into scenes, to filling in the holes, at which point I’m ready to write.

Dry Boiled came to me as a voice, one I don’t normally do, but one perfect for the genre it seemed to be. (more…)

Writer’s Flood

You hear a lot about writer’s block, but I’ve never heard anyone mention what I’m suffering from.

This is not the first time I’ve had this problem, but it still took a bit to realize what is happening, and I’m determined to come up with a better solution this time.

So what it writer’s flood you ask?
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Guest Blogging About My Muse on Valerie Comer’s Little Worlds

Valerie Comer is running a series on her blog about muses as a side event to her Me, My Muse, and I workshop on Forward Motion and invited me to offer some of my own experience.  Pop over and read all about it here:

http://valeriecomer.com/?p=326