writingfiction

2017-02-072021-10-29

It is called a mobile, after all.

Be here now., Goals, Inspiration, On writing

We had an unexpected dumping of snow in Olympia that afforded me a Monday snow day yesterday. This allowed me to easily and leisurely meet my word count for the ... Read more

2016-01-102021-10-29

One day spent chaperoning debate nerds. Two insights about writing fiction.

A Room Of Your Own, Goals, On writing

I say nerds admiringly. After all, I was one of them back in highschool when I regularly skipped other classes to work on my debate cases. Am one of them, ... Read more

2015-07-142021-10-29

Nostalgia is a funny thing.

Nostalgia, On writing

Summer is ripe for nostalgia. As children, upon the arrival of summer, we become suddenly free to choose. Choose our own books (in my case by the armload taken from ... Read more

2015-07-082021-10-29

Regarding Feedback: Why you don’t have to have thick skin.

Critique, On writing

Yesterday a writer friend asked my advice on an awkward situation he’d gotten into where he’d given another writer feedback that was not well received. Shocked by the negative emotional ... Read more

2015-07-072021-10-29

A defense of prompts, an opportunity, and a goldfish

On writing, Prompts

The other day I may have bought a few books at the Half-Priced Books 50% off sale. While the checker was scanning each book (took a while), one book (John ... Read more

2015-06-242021-10-29

A celebration of the pause.

A Room Of Your Own, Be here now., Goals, On writing

I can be an intensely goal-oriented person, and mostly this has served me well. I wrote a semi-autobiographical novella in part about resiliency, or at least that was the seed. ... Read more

2015-05-202021-10-29

The importance of place.

On writing

I’m four pages in to chapter two of my new book, a book I’ve outlined, made character sketches for, and even bought markers and big pieces of white paper to ... Read more