Florence Witkop's Blog, page 21
October 14, 2019
Sleepy cat
Sometimes I think it must be nice to be a cat. Or any animal that exists just to exist and has food and a warm place to sleep and just about everything else it desires given to it without any effort on its part beyond giving love and affection to its humans. I think this …
Question: How do writers keep their day to day writing consistent over time?
How do I keep my writing consistent over time? I use three helps and, yes, it’s important to keep my story consistent! The first help is using an outline — in my case a synopsis that serves the same purpose as an outline — because that keeps the story on track. The second help is …
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October 11, 2019
Better Get Writing!
I’m great at coming up with excuses to not do things. ‘I’ve been sick’ is a good one. ‘Minor surgery’ is another. ‘The cat needs attention’ works once in a while. Since I’m so good with excuses, I can come up with lots of reasons not to write, none of which are valid because there’s …
October 9, 2019
Extra space
I recently had some work done on my property that involved leveling a fair-sized space of forest. So now that space is empty, pretty much a very large sandbox since my property is pretty much sugar sand forty feet deep. So now that I look it over I realize that not only is it …
October 7, 2019
Question: What is the process for coming up with a fictional story?
How do I come up with story ideas? Like many writers, my imagination works overtime and, the longer I write the more ideas pop into my head, so I’m never at a loss for ideas. But not all ideas will work for me. I’ve learned over the years that I’m pretty good at writing some …
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October 5, 2019
The In-Between Book-Selling Season
It’s autumn. One of my favorite seasons. (After winter, but it’s close!) Colored leaves, wonderful weather, memories of the recent summer piled on top of more memories of that great summer. All in all, autumn is a wonderful time of year. Except when I’m marketing novels because I never know which books to emphasize. Summer …
October 3, 2019
Sleeping cat
Why do cats sleep so much? My cat, Smokey, (‘Smoke’ for short) is a tuxedo and his favorite past-time is sleeping. On my bed, exactly where I wanted to drop for a nap. How does he know? On the wide window ledge in the sun where surely he’ll bake into a cat burger. On …
September 30, 2019
Question: What’s my method for creating titles for my books?
How do I come up with titles for my books? Like many writers — maybe most — I choose a working title to use while writing the book, one that reminds me of the theme of the book and keeps me on track. But it’s seldom the eventual title of the book. For that final …
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September 28, 2019
What makes legends so potent?
I’ve been thinking about my Legends trilogy and wondering how I came to write it and as I thought back over the process, I realized that it’s probably human nature to think beyond what we can see and to want to believe the stories that come to us from those who’ve gone before. The legends …
September 26, 2019
Should I cut the grass?
When should the grass be cut? It’s always a loaded question. Yes, the grass is growing way too fast and getting way too high. Yes, that tall, thick grass invites all kinds of insects to come and play and bite me in the process. And it looks messy. I’ll give you all that. But when …
