Write what you know.…
After crazy thoughts of direct communication, followed by advice about futility, I recall the most important words of wisdom: “Be careful what you say, or …
Starting fresh
I’ve given my blog a new look. It may not stay like this, as I experiment with it. But it needed a facelift, as I’m …
To Each Her Own in Problem Solving
New obstacles to finishing this dang rewrite are being thrown at me. Every time I think I’ve solved some major problems and I nearly have …
The Joy of Plot Element Labels
The chest of potions that appears early on in my first novel, Dark Elf’s Warrior, has been a bit of a problematic device to myself …
Satire over the head
We are quickly discovering that if we are going to show satirical movies to our kids, they need to understand what is being satirized. They …
Family and Friends. Oh, and POV. Part 2
Like I said, summer is always a difficult time for me to write.… Little to no structure to the day, the kids are around, other …
The Retreat Was Successful, Now Get Back to Work!
Life gets in again… I had a very successful retreat up to Powell River. I wrote on the coach on the way there, I wrote …
Back into Writing… I hope
Again with this! Way too long between posts… Sorry. Well, not that anyone’s been pestering me to update, so likely my absence went unnoticed. Election’s …
Exploring the Unknown
Jumping into the pool: world of the web. More like the big scary ocean. I am afraid of drowning, getting hypothermia and being stung by …
Choices and results
So Colleen made a special phone call today to tell me that she likes the New Chapter Seventeen. With all the work I put into …