Many writers find ways to procrastinate from actual writing, and I’m certainly one of them. Finishing Average My most recent affliction is completing statistics about my projects; beginning with Chuck Wendig‘s Finishing Average. This is the number of finished novels, …
What To Know for Your First Writing Convention
Last October, I attended the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton. As a con newbie, I tried to look up “what to know before hand” and “how cons work” so I might have a vague idea of what to expect. Of …
Weekend WIP #1: TFG – Magic Systems
Over the past two months, I’ve been planning a novel, currently referred to as TFG, with a focus on birds, cats and seasons. As you do. When I began the planning of this idea in April, I decided to really plot …
June Update: Goals
Six months passed. June was so busy that July seemed to begin with a whimper. At the beginning of the year I set myself four goals: track my daily wordcount, write a minimum of once a week, “sort out” Resilience, …
Liebster Survey :: A Blog Prompt
Last week (or likely three weeks ago now) I was nominated by Janna for the Liebster Award. Thank you very much for thinking of me. I always have a 50:50 feeling about participating in these things, which probably comes across as rudeness since I …
Patience in Projects
I spend a lot of my time watching comedy DVDS. A comedy show takes time to write. It is is tested out on friends and family, then a long string of tour dates to tweak the jokes and see what …