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Tag Archives: writing
This week’s potential cover art
I might as well make this a quasi-regular thing, huh? OK, that’s it for now, lest I get carried away. Time to get back to writing. This week was a bit rough in terms of pure output, mainly because I’m … Continue reading
A brief quote about writing
From William Goldman’s indispensible book, Which Lie Did I Tell? (More Adventures in the Screen Trade) (salty language alert): Mr. Ziegler, referred to earlier [Evarts Ziegler, once Goldman’s agent], was once told that technology was going to change everything. He … Continue reading
Thrusters on full!
So May’s done, and so is the month’s writing output. Tomorrow we’re into June. I’m concerned a bit about a few headwinds I expect to encounter. First, there’s a week-long vacation toward the end of the month (but I’ll absolutely … Continue reading
More potential cover art
I keep looking through Tumblr for artwork that puts me in various states of mind as I work my way through Princesses II: Back to Rydell High (not the actual title). Here are a few recent instances of such. The … Continue reading
Tired writer is tired….
Thinking hard, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. Every so often — a couple of times, every six weeks or so — I have a really early work start at The Store. This is to do PM* work on refrigeration cases that … Continue reading
21 Reasons You Think You Don’t Have Time To Write
Stolen from Tumblr. I’m going to bold the ones that I can definitely plead as ‘guilty’. 1. You are letting people tell you that you should be doing other things with your time. 2. You can’t live with the level … Continue reading
When the Muse taunts me
The Muse is a fairly capricious being. When we think of The Muse — that otherworldly being who is the source of all things poetic — we generally think of a being or beings who look like this: But after … Continue reading
A Writing Update
I haven’t done one of these in a while because there’s really not a lot of nifty, new stuff to report. So far I have received zero nibbles of interest in Princesses In SPACE!!! (not the actual title), which gives … Continue reading
Mining Salt (a writing update)
This wasn’t a particularly good week for writing: Between following the news (what an irritating week it was, news-wise — thanks for that, Boston terrorists and United States Senate), trying to work my way through a thorny scene that represents … Continue reading
A Vignette
This is something I’m going to try doing on a somewhat regular basis, as a bit of writing practice, since I always feel that my descriptions could use some work…. I was working a shit job at the time. A … Continue reading