Wow, what a CRAZY week it's been! My weekend is going to be great because I'm FINALLY getting furniture delivered my house this afternoon. For those of you who have been following the blog, you may remember when I donated most of my furniture to a single mother and her family in February. So now after four months, I'm going to be able to start writing in my brand new office. I can't wait! I'll be sure to post some pictures soon. Did any of you get a chance to watch Master Chef on Fox … [Read more...]
Dealing with Distractions
July 28, 2010 Read Comments
Ha, this post is a little later than usual because I had one of those 14-hour days yesterday at the day job. And the long hours will probably continue until this problem is fixed. So my writing took the back seat to what needed to be done. One thing that I've been working on this year especially is being flexible and not becoming bitter when this happens. As I've said before on this blog, sometimes the day job must come first. It's what allows me to live and pay my bills. Writing is my … [Read more...]
Hot Writing
July 26, 2010 Read Comments
In the midst of my revisions, I've been reading a great craft book, A Writer's Guide to Fiction by Elizabeth Lyon. In the book the author talks about two particular writing methods: Hot writing. The method of getting the first draft done as quickly as possible. Not stopping a.k.a NaNoWriMo. Overcoming the fear of the blank screen by creating words without revision. Meticulous writing. Careful writing. Revision-heavy. Several revisions of a page before writing the next page. Polishing … [Read more...]
The Ant Nebula
July 23, 2010 Read Comments
For the new subscribers of the blog, I sometimes go off-topic on Fridays and share my geek love of all things space. The Ant Nebula is one of my favorite pictures from the Hubble Telescope. This nebula resides in our galaxy between 3,000 and 6,000 light years from Earth. NASA released this image in Feburary 2001. To me, what is most interesting is that this plantery nebula shows the last stage in the life of a Sun-like star, which gives us a clue of our own Sun's fate … [Read more...]
