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Category: writing
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June Writing Data
My monthly productivity report. I was thinking that the whole lockdown quarantine nonsense wasn’t affecting me all that much. After all, I go to work every day. I go home. I write. I make art – usually on my lunch break. I take walks with the camera in hand and fall in love –…
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Progress Report: May
I’ve been tracking my productivity all this year and since a couple of you data geeks have encouraged me, I’ll keep posting it. I’m definitely still tracking it, and will be through the end of the year at least. This is going to be a rollercoaster ride, could be interesting to look back at…
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What’s that word?
Last night I was tip-tapping away at the keyboard, writing up both the next section of Hatrack, and a new short that is intended to be SF Horror, and don’t ask me how I was doing both simultaneously, because I wasn’t. Anyway, I’m not sure the SF story will be horror, because I have…
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Monthly Stats – April 20
I can’t imagine this is entertaining for anyone, but it’s part of my quest to build better habits. Having to set goals – and be accountable for them! – monthly is working better for me than some nebulous New Year’s resolution would have been. Out of sight, I’m keeping a daily spreadsheet of writing,…
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Paradigm Marketing Shift: Rule 1
This post started for me, as these things sometimes do, by something that was wrong on the internet jarring it loose in my brain. I saw the post below, and protested it. It’s wrong. It’s wrong on several levels. And it is also right on a couple of points, but the worst lies are…
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Pony Memories
The First Reader and I were talking about ponies. I don’t recall how it came up, but we were sitting on the porch sipping coffee and blathering about nothing and everything, as you do. Now, I grew up with horses. Mom loved the big brutes, and I think I was six when she got…
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Twee, Twaddle, and Writing for Children
It’s been suggested to me many, many times that I write a children’s book to go along with the little illustrations I like to do. Don’t get me wrong: I love the idea. I’d really like to bring life and utility to my tiny cute characters. Sometimes, I even have ideas. It’s just that……
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Clear the Tabs
I don’t have a lot of time this morning, so here’s some stuff I’ve been reading/looking at of interest. You might be amused by it as well. There’s a recipe for a Sweet Potato Cream Cheese Pie I’ve been eyeing. The First Reader doesn’t care for sweet potatoes, but the rest of us do!…
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Work in Progress
I was asked yesterday what I’m working on, in the writing department. Um. Too much? I’m sitting here this morning writing up the novel my First Reader and I plotted on the car ride yesterday – 7 hours of driving gives us loads of time to talk, which is lovely, but – and wondering…
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Warming the Frost
I’ve been sitting here for fifteen minutes listening to music and trying to decide what to write about. I could always lead in with the endless theme: I’m tired. That’s my secret. I’m always tired. Like the Hulk, only more warm blankets and pillows. The listening to music, though. That’s nice. I’m alone in…
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Sore Must be the Storm
Are we seeing some pushback against the ‘cancel culture’? One can sincerely hope. I for one do not see good things coming from a world where a professor can openly threaten to permanently damage a student’s livelihood and career simply because he does not like what the student has to say. It used to…
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Odd Prompts: The White Stag
This is my weekly prompt submission for Odd Prompts. I was challenged by Kat Ross with an image of a peek-a-boo deer. I challenged Cal Primer with ‘Living in a mossy forest, there is…’ This is sort of a continuation of Jack’s Stick. “Silly widgeon.” Jack’s ears perked up a little at his mistress’s…