C.C. Yager's Blog, page 17

Working, or Why Making Art is a Fulltime Job

While following a symphony orchestra labor dispute recently, I was reminded of the public’s perception of professional orchestral musicians, i.e. these people don’t work hard or fulltime. Wrong! It’s the same thing with writers although with professional writers, the professional … Continue reading →

Fog

Outside my window this morning, dense fog obscured my view of the lake and furred the edges of the buildings and trees. The word that popped into my mind was Nebel, the German word for fog. The world outside reflected … Continue reading →

Obstacles and Creating Suspense in Fiction, or “The Doomsday Book” by Connie Willis

What would it be like to travel back in time in Oxford, England to the Middle Ages? A young historian finds out in The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. The “present” is December 2054. The young historian, Kivrin Engle, is … Continue reading →

Made America Great Again

Ty squatted to paw through the wastebasket’s contents before emptying it into his giant gray thick plastic barrel on wheels. Rich people threw everything away. He’d found treasures in their wastebaskets sometimes. One night, he found a brand new children’s … Continue reading →

Why write?

This has been a rough and stormy year for my writing. My goals in January now strike me as over-ambitious and without consideration of my need to pay bills. I miss my writing life, i.e. when I wasn’t working for … Continue reading →

How do you find your next read?

Good question. A co-worker saw me reading during my lunch break last week and asked what the book was. He was looking for something to read. Then I saw this Roz Morris post at Nail Your Novel, and I’m thinking … Continue reading →

Venerable Conductors

Evan Quinn, protagonist of the Perceval series, earns his living as a symphony orchestra conductor. As a result of his choice of profession, I researched conductors, conducting, and everything related to them for several years. One of the conductors I … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan!

News this morning that Minnesotan Bob Dylan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature! My first reaction was to laugh in delight. Yes, he is known for the poetry of his lyrics.  This afternoon, I passed the side of … Continue reading →

Writing Roots?

Amanda Webster over at Write on the World wrote this week about her familial writing roots. While I read her post, I thought about my non-existent writing roots. I’m a little envious that Amanda lived with writers and storytellers in … Continue reading →

Writing Tools

What do you use to write? Pen and paper? Typewriter? Computer?  Individual writers develop their individual preferences for writing tools. And then there is caring for those tools so that they remain in optimal condition. During the last few weeks, … Continue reading →