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Guess what? I WROTE this weekend! #amwriting (again)

You guys! It actually happened. I wrote fiction this weekend! I challenged a small fellowship of writers that Im in to a weekend writing challengenot competing with each other, but just setting our own word-count goalsand I set a modest, attainable goal for Friday evening through Sunday evening of 1,500 words. And I ended up Continue reading →

Hi . . . Um, Hello Again, I Guess

In Hollywood, reboots of older movies are pretty popular. So maybe I should call this a reboot instead of a reintroduction? TL;dr: Im posting again. Whats up with you? Anyway, hi. You may not remember me, because I havent been around in quite a while. Lots of stuff happened after the last time I posted, []

It’s #NaNo Prep Time! What Will You Be Writing? | #nanowrimo #nano2019

Is it time yet? Is it time yet? Now? Yes—it’s time to start thinking about and prepping for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo, or NaNo), which starts November 1. I went to an informational meeting for my local group (we’re too small to have an online group, we’re stuck in a greater regional group for […]

August 2019 #Challenge: Morning Pages & Evening Story Time | #amwriting

I’ve been saying for a couple of years that “someday,” I’ll get Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way and work through it to see if I can regain my love and passion for writing. As Karamo Brown taught us in an episode of Queer Eye: Today. Not someday. Because of the way I have my […]

July Idea Per Day Challenge Results! | #amwriting

I did it! Thirty-one fiction ideas in thirty-one days! Now… in the spirit of full disclosure—I didn’t actually write down an idea every single day. But I didn’t allow myself to get more than two or three days behind before getting caught up. And it’s amazing how much easier the second or third ideas were […]

An Idea-Seeding Example | #challenge #amwriting

I mentioned in a previous post that I look for creativity-seeds when coming up with these daily fiction-related ideas when nothing original comes to mind. I wanted to show you an example of what that looks like. On Sunday, I was having trouble focusing, so I went to my Sounds Interesting list on Goodreads and […]

Has It Been an Idea-ful Week? | #challenge #amwriting

My computer has been at the repair shop since Tuesday (fan needed to be replaced), but I’ve still been sticking to my idea-per-day challenge. So, although I’m having to post this from my phone, I still wanted to stay accountable and check in to see if anyone else is keeping up with the challenge.

Seeding Creativity | #ideaperday #challenge #amwriting

Another post, another photo to show that I’ve been sticking to my Idea Per Day challenge for July. Because of traveling and recovery from traveling/vacation, the ideas still aren’t flowing freely. But I have decades’ worth of stuff saved on my computer that makes really great seeds for ideas—from actual story ideas I’ve jotted down […]

Have You Had an Idea per Day? | #challenge #amwriting

Happy July 4! Just in case you didn’t realize, it’s July 4 all around the world. Here in the U.S., we’re celebrating Independence Day. I’m *really* looking forward to having to keep my dog calm during the hours of neighborhood noisemaking with firecrackers and other things that go boom. (I’m kind of surprised, actually, that […]

July Challenge: Put Your Thinking Caps On! | #amwriting #challenge

Hi! Long time, no see! In going through and updating all of the goals, milestones, and Master Plans I set for myself at the beginning of the year, I remembered that one of the major pieces I’ve let fall to the wayside is this blog. Well, consider it revived! And I’m tying it into another […]