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December 17, 2017
Am I an author or just an innocent bystander?
Wow. I had no idea Viv was anything like that at 19. Never saw it coming! The quote above is not a beta-reader’s comment about my work-in-progress of The Stealth Lovers. Those are my words. Yeah, I know. But, but, but … how can an author react like this when she’s the one writing the story? Beats me,…
December 8, 2017
Life in My Microcosm: Cait G’s Top Ten Books of 2017!
Several of my author peeps post about their favourite books of the year and I think it’s a great idea. We’re not only writers, we’re also readers! This year I dove into books from authors I’ve met or had contact with on social media (except maybe Mary Shelley, but we so would have been tweeps).…
November 30, 2017
“Winning” NaNoWriMo as a Spoonie
Originally posted on Spoonie Authors Network:
So, yesterday I got this fancy thing: This November I participated in my first-ever National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) adventure. Now, I’ll confess right away that I have not been a fan of the concept for years. The win-or-lose thing did not appeal to me (because writing 35,000 words…
So, yesterday I got this fancy thing: This November I participated in my first-ever National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) adventure. Now, I’ll confess right away that I have not been a fan of the concept for years. The win-or-lose thing did not appeal to me (because writing 35,000 words…
November 15, 2017
Day 15 of NaNoWriMo 2017: Yoikes and Away!
Can I haz a rest now? Wheeeeew! I’m now officially at the half-way mark of NaNoWriMo: Day 15. I gave myself a bit of a break today and stopped at 555 words. (Funny number, eh? Not even planned!) My observations at this point? Yeah, I am so not doing this again. While it’s been great…
November 8, 2017
Eight days into NaNoWriMo, and I’m okay, folks!
In the words of a famous fable: Slow and steady wins the race. If that’s true, then call me the Tortoise of NaNoWriMo. Through the use of my mathematical genius, I calculated that I need to write 1670 words a day to reach just over the 50K marker for the National Novel Writing Month’s finish…
October 28, 2017
Help, help, I can’t stop writing!
I have done the thing that I swore I’d never do—I’m actively working on several books at once. Gone are my linear days, it seems. But: EVERYTHING’S FINE! I think. My mind is somehow keeping up with these multiple projects. First, there’s Life in Another ’Cosm: Jinny from the Blog, the second book in the ’Cosm series.…
October 26, 2017
The Hope Light – A Poem
Originally posted on Jamieson Wolf:
* I wrote this for Cait because she is awesomeness personified. ? She descended the spiral staircase that was within her mind. Gradually, as she went down each step, the light became filled with shadows and the air became cold. At the bottom of the staircase, her feet touched a…
* I wrote this for Cait because she is awesomeness personified. ? She descended the spiral staircase that was within her mind. Gradually, as she went down each step, the light became filled with shadows and the air became cold. At the bottom of the staircase, her feet touched a…
Steps (A Poem)
Steps One foot in front of the other hurts. My gait is off. The people on the street see me stagger. I know they think I’m drunk. My two legs have to become three. One is a stick. It propels me forward but there’s still pain. If I stand still, I fall. I’m now propped…
October 21, 2017
New web-exclusive content!
This year as been a real page-turner in my wee life. Going from an invisible to a blatantly visible disability has forced me to wake up to even more realities of what it’s like to live as a spoonie. On my Books/Writing menu, you’ll find Tales from the Crip. That’s going to be the home…
October 16, 2017
#CanConCold2017, but still, I had a blast!
It’s Monday morning, and Can-Con 2017 is over. I MADE IT, I MADE IT! WHOOOPIEEEE! Oh, let me explain. The one thing I really wanted to do no matter what was attend Can-Con this year. I’ve had a wonderful 12 months of networking with amazing authors, many of whom are now friends, and I knew…
