Blogging Insights 3.0 # 12 — Reading I think we all learn to write or discover we want to write by reading. I can’t imagine any other way to discover you want to write. But the question of what to… Read More ›
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PROFESSIONAL WRITING – BLOGGING INSIGHTS
For whom do we write? This is a great quote except that it goes under the assumption that writing is a hobby, fiction or blogging. It ignores the possibility of people who write for a living. They will write whatever… Read More ›
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO WRITE?
Blogging Insights 3.0 # 9 — Type of Writing These days, what I most enjoy writing is anything if I am not already exhausted. This morning, before I even got to my computer, I had fed the birds, watered the… Read More ›
THE GARDEN DAWDLER AGAIN
The Garden Dawdler – Middle of April We’ve had two exquisite days in a row. It was really hot yesterday, not so warm today but both days have been beautiful. Good days for photography. Great days just to be outside… Read More ›
ABOUT BEING INTERESTING
The other night, I had a dream. It was a dream based on reality. In the dream, I was supposed to do a podcast about me, but I couldn’t find anything interesting to say. I thought about recording my book,… Read More ›
IT HELPS IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY
“Something to say.” — Blogging Insights 3.0 # 4 I would say it another way: “Writing is easy. Getting a book published is hard.” For many or most writers, they have no problem putting words on a page. Turning those… Read More ›
MY ROYALTIES ARE IN!
Every month or two, I get money for my book. Last month it was $0.39 — thirty-nine cents. This month was even better. For anyone who wants to know why I haven’t bothered to write another book, this is the… Read More ›
SELF-GENERATING AIs?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #198 Unless AI “brains” suddenly develop an ability to grow intelligence beyond what was built into them, it won’t happen. That being said, it doesn’t mean they won’t take over huge sections of writing currently held by live… Read More ›
DO WRITERS NEED TO VACATION FROM WRITING?
Blogging Insights NF # 65 — Holidays for writers/bloggers? “A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.” – Eugene Ionesco When I was writing professionally, I needed a periodic break… Read More ›
IF IT WORKS, IT IS WHAT IT IS
Blogging Insights – NF # 64 : Writing Advice “The only truly universal writing advice is ‘If it works, it works.’ ” – Audrey Driscol Or, to put it another way, “It is what it is if it works. It… Read More ›
INTUITION?
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 ›
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 ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 