My blog is titled Out of My Mind which is meant to refer to where my writing comes from, and not a description of my state of mental health. I try to tie all my posts to the subject of writing. I share the wisdom of published authors, ask questions…
Oh, I like that ..." playing off the dreamstate" and I think that's why I'm most creative early in the morning. Maybe I should try the 4:30 am thing too.
No doubt, blogging takes time away from my fiction writing. But it does give me confidence in my ability to express my thoughts coherently as well as to "entertain" my readers. Plus, the contacts that I've made through visitors to my blog encourage…
I write something almost every day, even if it's only a blog post ... not that I don't consider my blog posts important. I write on the computer because I usually edit as I write. I love it when I'm just "taking dictiation" but sometimes I have to w…
Trouble juggling your subplots? Finding yourself creating a character's mother that too closely resembles, uh, yours? Deadline looming and you're only on chapter three? Here's a forum for novelists and short-story writers.
I thought the ads with the babies were pretty funny, if only for suggesting the mental age of the creaters of all the ads. I was particularly annoyed at the book club ad, for reasons I mean to blog about if I can only figure them out.
I just attended a writer's retreat led by Kim Stafford, the son of the prolific poet William Stafford, and he addressed this topic. Quoting his father, Kim said, you know when to stop revising when "it no longer feels like the experience of creation…