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I hear a lot of talk about how the first draft is something you should just get down as fast as you can — a sort of verbal vomitus allowed to dribble out unchecked. Lots of professionals tell you to do this. “Just get it finished,” they say. “You’ll be able to fix it later.” […]
July 8, 2011
Welcome to my blog. Thanks for looking. This post was actually written in October of 2012, which is when I decided to split my “How to Edit Fiction” webinar into two. I made this decision because I was never designed to be chirrupy and popular. My earlier posts in the webinar are attempts to teach […]
June 22, 2011
I haven’t written anything good since I finished the first draft of my manuscript. I have a sneaky little demon in the back of my brain who wails desperately that I won’t ever write anything good ever. again. which is total nonsense, of course, because I know exactly why I’m not writing well, and it will […]
May 23, 2011
We’ve been trying to save money recently. There are some lovely, cheap restaurants around here, but it still doesn’t count as “saving money” to spend $5.00 on a burger and fries, even if that burger is freshly cooked, made with good ingredients, and is really quite nice. So we went to a box store, bought […]
May 17, 2011
A facebook conversation between the Love of my Life and me. (Please note: I am not attached to Tamil film star Rajnikanth. LofL’s facebook currently sports an image of Rajni from the film “Endhiran” as its profile picture.) Wishing you all a happy First Draft Day! May yours be as rewarding as mine.
May 13, 2011
The smallest steak I can get in a restaurant around here is 8 oz. I can fit that in my stomach quite happily (at first) but considering the recommended size for a meal is half that and considering how full I am afterwards, I really shouldn’t. But I love steak and salad dinners, and I […]
April 19, 2011
I grieve that I was yet to be born in 1972, when “Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright” was published. It was, as my father told me when he gave me his paperback copy, an under-appreciated masterpiece of American literature. I have since formed the opinion that its […]
April 19, 2011
Muh bluh bluh bluh muh. SORRY My main character is gone a wee bit batty (per schedule) but I’m trying to get exactly the tone I want for each chapter. I will be back soon, I promise to you. In the meanwhiletime, here is a (NSFW) video I don’t understand. It’s AMAZING
not very alice 
July 9, 2011
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