Blogging Insights – NF # 62 : Intuition What do you need to be a writer? This one offers you just one sentence: intuition. Well, hot flash. I takes a bit more than intuition. Far be it for me to… Read More ›
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Stick-to-it-ive-ness
Blogging Insights NF # 49 – “Stick-to-it-ive-ness” ” The difference between writers who finish books and those who don’t– is that the finishers don’t stop writing until they get to : THE END.” – Brian Hutchinson, author of Writer’s Doubt…. Read More ›
PRO VS AMATEUR: TALENT & MONEY
Blogging Insights NF 48 Here’s the quote: This is probably more relevant to the hopeful authors of novels in the crowd. I never wrote novels and when I tried, it reminded me why I didn’t. It wasn’t for lack of… Read More ›
THE CRUELTY AND JOY OF EDITING
Melanie left a comment on my “Paper Moon” post suggesting that I’m smart and clever and that’s why I write well. The real reason is probably my span of more than 40-years as a working writer. That’s got to be… Read More ›
PROVOCATIVELY SPEAKING
Fandango’s Provocative Question #174 The long deferred “long and short” of blogging? I try to keep things short because my time is short and probably so is yours. That’s only true-ish. So much depends on if a subject grabs me. What… Read More ›
WRITING IS…
Blogging Insights — # 45: What writing is Writing is all the things we’ve talked about, including: “Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.” – Isaac Asimov Yes, it’s definitely thinking through your fingers. All the initial ideas… Read More ›
RULES FOR WRITING NOVELS?
Blogging Insights–# 44 — Novels and Books TODAY’S QUOTE: “There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” — W. Somerset Maugham Are there any rules for writing books? Are there any rules that… Read More ›
NARRATING MY LIFE
When I was little, I had imaginary playmates. I talked to them. They followed me around. I was never bored because I had friends who really understood me. After I started school, my shadow friends left, never to return. Instead,… Read More ›
MY ROYALTIES ARRIVED!
Every once in a while — which is to say very, very rarely — I get an automatic deposit to my bank account from Amazon. Someone, somewhere bought my book. So imagine my excitement when I got a notice from… Read More ›
WRITING WELL, WRITING HARD?
Blogging Insights # 43 — Hard work Does working hard make your writing better? First and foremost, some people will never write well because they lack talent. There is a bottom line to writing as there is to painting, sculpture,… Read More ›
TO WRITE FOR ONESELF
UNOFFICIAL BLOGGING INSIGHTS Dr. Tanya usually appears with her weekly Blogging Insights prompt. However she let us know she won’t be doing one this week. We hope Dr. Tanya will be back again next week. Fandango has stepped into the… Read More ›
OF GIRLISH THINGS
I never thought being a woman was a deterrent to becoming what I wanted to be. I didn’t worry if it would be more difficult because I was a woman even though I was working in a very male profession… Read More ›
WONDERING ABOUT WORDPRESS
What ARE we going to do about WordPress? We were just talking about it, Garry, Owen and me. At $180 per year, that would be $15/month and then there’s another $20 for you URL address. $200? I’ll renew this year… Read More ›
WHAT DO YOU DO? WHAT DID YOU USED TO DO? THE PROVOCATIVE QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Fandango’s Provocative Question #152 It’s interesting to think back to what I used to do. I’ve been retired for about twelve years, but sometimes, it seems much longer — or just yesterday. What do you do for a living? If you… Read More ›
ABOUT BOOKS AND READING
An Informal Survey of Writers About Reading Since I’m almost always reading something, I figured I’d drop an oar into these waters. I am a writer, serious amateur photographer and once upon a time I wrote books about how to use… Read More ›
STUDY HARD. GET GOOD GRADES.
GRADES I don’t think either of my parents ever told me to “study hard” or to “get good (or better) grades.” I never got bad grades or brilliant ones. I didn’t study hard or usually, at all. Back then I… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 