Here’s an update to one of my more popular posts from several years ago. Depending on where you’re from, you might not know New Mexico is the birthplace of Demi Moore, Smokey Bear, and the first atomic bomb. It is also…
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Trap Your Writing Muse
The act of writing, of telling the tale, is also the act of laying traps. And it is in these traps that we capture our muses. In other words, we capture them, they don’t capture us. ~ Chuck Wendig
Tagged with: Chuck Wendig quote, myths of the writing muse, the writing muse, writing encouragement, writing quotes, writing truths
Posted in Quotes
Posted in Quotes
2018 Wednesday on the Web #2
I continue my hopeless obsession with filling a bottomless bag of online treasure. Here I’ve rediscovered the best of these articles/tidbits and share them in this second of my fifth-Wednesday posts for 2018. ■ For Writers Best-Sellers Initially Rejected “What [successful…
Tagged with: apps for walking in space, apps of the moon, apps of the solar system, apps recreate moon landing, apps showing exoplanets, apps that simulate outer space, artrist James Hance, Author Allison Reid, best-selling writers rejected, edible cookie dough, medieval research, overused words and phrases, scale of the universe, spacewalk, Star Wars and Winnie the Pooh characters, turbp incabulator, view of earth from satellites, visualize orbital objects, world map from ISS, writing encouragement
Posted in Coolness from the Web
Posted in Coolness from the Web
Looking at Creativity the Write Way
I recently had a conversation with a friend who was upset by the snobbery she read about between creatives, specifically literary writers versus romance writers. (If it comes to fisticuffs, I’ll put my money on romance writers any day.) Setting…
Tagged with: creatives vs "ordinary" people, creativity, creativity vs. creative expression, writing truths
Posted in Musings
Posted in Musings
Author Interview: Astrid Tuttle Winegar
Astrid Tuttle Winegar’s Cooking for Halflings & Monsters: 111 Comfy, Cozy Recipes for Fantasy-Loving Souls (2017) is now in its second edition. According to Astrid, Tolkien scholar and foodie, you don’t need to be a “gourmet monster chef” to enjoy…
My Mother, a Girl with a Star-Spangled Heart
At some point in the early 1960s, a boy on the playground yelled at me, “Your mother wears combat boots.” I don’t remember what prompted such a remark. If it was meant as an insult, I didn’t take it as…
First Draft Writing Rules from Copyblogger
In Demian Farnworth’s post, “10 Rules for Writing First Drafts [Poster],” he mentions this quote by Kurt Vonnegut: When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth. If an author like Vonnegut felt that way,…
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Posted in Writing Advice
Posted in Writing Advice
Five Poisons That Paralyze Your Writing (and Their Antidotes)
Bill O’Hanlon has authored or co-authored 30+ books including Write is a Verb: Sit Down, Start Writing, No Excuses. Not only is he a prolific nonfiction writer, he’s an entertaining speaker who motivates his audience to follow their dreams. In the…
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