This week I’m pleased to have dusted off my writer and editor hats and have worn them both! Not for my novel-length WIP, though. I participated in a one-hour challenge with my writing group and came up with a story that needs some finesse and a better ending. In general the feedback it received is it…
This was me, today at one o’clock. Actually, probably more like ten a.m. See, I signed up for Fiction War (a flash fiction challenge) with all intentions of writing a story! Writing something! And using the $$ I shelled out as incentive to get it done. Sadly, that was money down the drain. One evening…
Me: Writing Mo-Jo is back! And it’s Spring Break! Writing Mo-Jo: Woo-hoo! Time with the boys. Inspiration! Me: All three kids at home! I’m a little intimidated by the first time with all three at home, but we’ll set reasonable goals (kids fed and uninjured, house standing at 6:30)! Writing Mo-Jo: Woo-woo? All day with…
It’s a LATE #WriterMemeMonday post, but here it is! There’s a lot to juggle these days with Baby Boy in the house… So if there’s someone out there who would like to make my edits and draft the manuscript that’s unfolding in my head…. Please send them my way! 😉 *** How about you? What’s…
In line with my previous pregnancies & postpartum experiences, once the baby is born a switch is flipped and creativity floods back. That doesn’t make getting back into a groove of writing and editing any easier! Once you’re out of the habit, it is a bit like getting back into an exercise routine. Daily practice and small,…
This picture explains so much, right? Some time ago, I came across a social media post by a NY Times best-selling author. Her daughter had received an evaluation from her teacher with remarks about the girl’s tendency to daydream. She took a picture of the evaluation and posted it with her response! The author-mother applauded her daughter,…
It’s quite a bit like same face I make when someone says “I don’t have time to read.” But you’re not wasting on social media, right? Or obsessively watching reality TV shows? Riiiight. Any-who, back to the writing. Or editing. Or both. And then maybe a little social media time for me, too. 🙂 *** What’s…
I spent some time at the end of the week working on the women’s fiction novel that I wrote. Let’s say there’s what we remember writing….what we imagine ourselves writing… And what we actually wrote. Enter my red pen. (Okay, okay…it’s purple.) Somewhere under all that bruising to the page were black letters. They will rise…
We’re getting spring fever ’round here! March is days away, the weather has been very spring-like and everyone is getting a little excited to know that winter is behind us, mild and snow-less as it was! What does this do for your writing? Are you hitting a new stride or distracted by the weather, the birds,…
This meme about sums it up for me! 🙂 I’m writing…some. As to the editing…I see the stack of papers by my writing chair. There are betas lined up to read the first chapters. I’m going to work on it tonight. Definitely tonight. 😉 *** What’s happening in your writing life? Find a meme or make your own. Post…
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