Yes, it's a little after three in the morning. I'm still up. But not for long.

Had a very slow start to my Saturday and was really not in the mood to do much of anything. In fact, I didn't start making any significant moves until well after 6 p.m., and I didn't start to do anything WW related until nearly 11 p.m.…

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Leading up to my first Weekend Write, I have to admit I was nervous. All this month, I've been supposedly working on an outline for a novel I was to write and to gear myself up to work on it during the months of February and March.

There is no shame to my game, so I'll tell the truth: I did nothing. Been dealing with school,…

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At the popular blog on writing and editing - The Blood-Red Pencil, I have part one of my latest piece on writing, "Using Characters and Scenes to Trim the Fat from Your Story" [LINK].





Come and read about how examining your characters can… Continue

Well, as many know, I didn't get a lot of writing done the second-half of 2009. With starting a doctoral program, most of my time was used reading, reading, reading and writing, writing, writing...PAPERS!



Toward the end of the semester and into Christmas break, I decided that I could add my creative writing back into my life if I managed my time better. I have done it in the past, and there is no reason why I can't do it now.



Thus,… Continue

Since August, I have done NOTHING creative, per se. I participated in NaNoWriMo, but I'm smart and realistic enough to know that what I wrote is pretty much garbage for now. It was done to try to get me into a creative mood. Once it was over, it was time to write papers and final exams and high tail it home for the holidays. I'm a few days away from going back for the next semester, and I haven't been creative, still.



I have, however, finally gotten my next project idea. Decided to… Continue