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Imagine that Facebook, WordPress, Reddit, Snapchat, World of Warcraft, and the Stock Market got together one night, had a little too much to drink and did things they regretted in the morning. Then, nine months later, a baby appeared. That kid would be Steemit. This relatively new (March 2016) social network built on a blockchain,... Continue Reading →
A couple weeks ago, I shared a writing prompt from my old writing group (we started in 2007) for #ThrowbackThursday. Since the monthly meeting for my newer group (started two years ago) is tonight, I thought I'd share another prompt from my former group. This one is also a flash fiction piece, and I actually... Continue Reading →
For the first time since 2010, I have a NaNoWriMo quandary. My original plan was to write something based on the fictional Internet Geek character I created for my old blog. However, I couldn't seem to puzzle out exactly what I wanted from that story line, so here I am - ten days away from... Continue Reading →
The NaNoWriMo countdown is on! One week from today, in addition to being Halloween and Samhain, it will be National Novel Writing Month Eve. I've done it every year since 2007, and crossed the finish line seven times. This year, even though I'm a big fan of pantsing, I might just give plotting a go.... Continue Reading →
Last Thursday, my computer shut down and Microsoft updated with nary a please or thank you. By Friday, my rig was toast. Thankfully, hubby is Hardware Geek to my Internet G33k, and got things straightened out by Saturday night - a process made easier by the fact that when he built my computer, he installed... Continue Reading →
I never really watched Mike & Molly, but I saw this clip called, "Writer's Remorse" floating around the interwebz ages ago. Now that I'm knee-deep for the bazillionth time in revisions on my novel, "Wrecked" it popped in my brain again. Switch the Wild Turkey for Boru, and this could almost be me right now.... Continue Reading →
During the process of creating links for last Monday's post, I stumbled upon Zilpha Keatley Snyder's website (author of my personal favorite, The Velvet Room, among many others). One of the first things I noticed was a section called, "To Fellow Writers." I clicked on it, saw it contained a reprint of a 1993 article... Continue Reading →
Last month, some of the members of my local writers' group decided they wanted to start doing a monthly writing prompt. It then occurred to me that I haven't written a new short story since I moved away from my other writing group, seven or so years ago! Since I already posted a few of... Continue Reading →
Now that I can faintly see the NaNo finish line shimmering in the distance, I figured I'd share this short, mostly unedited blurb from the start of "Aground." Context - Maeve and Jack are on vacation, and Maeve has misplaced her amber, ghost repelling necklace. Also, for those of you who were interested in my... Continue Reading →
Last week, I felt like a real writer. This week, even though a kind journalist quoted me in an article about NaNoWriMo, I'm back to feeling like I'm writing nonsense. Thankfully, this appeared in my NaNoMail (this is only the beginning - click on the link to read the rest of his wise words) -... Continue Reading →
"NaNoWriMo has begun, So much writing, so much fun If you type words every day You will win a novel." ~ Traci York (apologies to the Teacher's Meeting rhyme from my childhood) Once more into the fray that is 1,667 words written every day for the month of November. This year, I'm working on the... Continue Reading →
Tomorrow is the National Day on Writing, and I plan to participate. Here's the blurb from the official site - Why I Write: 2015 National Day on Writing What, how, and why do you write? October 20, 2015 The National Writing Project, NCTE, The New York Times Learning Network, and the Teaching Channel invite you... Continue Reading →
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