Craft, Feedback, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Goals, Novel, Query, Rejection, Short story, Writing

A Year’s Worth of Writing

Have you reviewed your writing progress in 2010? In this and another post or two in the next two weeks, Ill take a look back at the highlights of mine. When I looked back at all the posts for this year, I was surprised at how many twists and turns I took. At the beginning… Continue reading A Year’s Worth of Writing

Blog Stuff, Feedback, Social Media, Writing

Dear blog readers, you are being used!

Confession of the day—I’m a vampire. If you've followed this blog for a while, you've probably figured out I write many of my posts ad hoc—in essence they're Tweets with no character limit. Often, not always, I write these posts because I need your help. I need you to help me sort out what I… Continue reading Dear blog readers, you are being used!

Books, Fiction, Horror, Musings, Reading, Reflections

How I read from there to here!

Recently, I’ve been thinking of all the books I’ve read in my life … not that I can actually remember them all—or even a third. Specifically, I’ve thought of different categories of books and when I read them. While waiting for my first son to be born I read the likes of Updike, Angelou, and… Continue reading How I read from there to here!

Doubt, Motivation, Power, Writing

Warrior Woman

What a difference a week makes. This time last week, I had sunk the lowest I ever have in discouragement over my writing. Then a river of encouragement lifted me up and carried me away from that dark place. Since I blogged about that, I feel an update is in order. So, yeah … I… Continue reading Warrior Woman

Craft, Fiction, Questions, Read, Short story, Tuesday Topic, Writing

Armed and bewildered …

During the second year of my marriage, I lived in Germany courtesy of the U.S. Army. We lived off-base, though, on the third floor of a German couple’s home. I do not speak German. I regularly encountered people who didn’t speak English. (Imagine that!) I dwelled in a fairly constant state of bewilderment … and… Continue reading Armed and bewildered …