I wrote the final post in my Twelve Post on Writing series last week. Thank you to everyone who read the posts and commented! I’ve enjoyed meeting you, reading your comments and corresponding with you. That’s the part I like most …
Twelve Posts on Writing, Day 12: Always new, always learning
I’m sitting at a cafe with Jim Sallis. We’re eating oatmeal, drinking coffee, talking about writing. We’re both working hard to finish our current novels. He’s had 12 novels published and won a bunch of awards and had lots of …
Twelve Posts on Writing, Day 11: Break my heart! (Please?)
On my bookshelf I have a copy of (Not that You Asked) by Steve Almond. After chatting a bit with him, he inscribed some of his rules for writing on the flyleaf. The second rule he wrote is: “Slow down …
Twelve Posts on Writing, Day Ten: Be the sensitive type
A while back, I was writing a scene in which my protagonist is given a choice. I made that choice for her, assuming I knew best. I wrote along my merry way, into the next chapter, la-la-laaaa… The story slowed. …
She fell in love with a man from the stars…
Just recovering from watching Doctor Who The End of Time, Part Two. A good ending. Sad, though. Terribly sad, the last fifteen minutes. I’m glad they went easy on the part where he sees Rose for the last time. Just …