Writing Life

  • Signs we like.

    In one of the Tiffany Aching books by Terry Pratchett, I really can’t recall which one, there’s a moment where Tiffany asks Granny Weatherwax about signs. Granny replies “There’s signs […]

  • Living in the Matrix.

    Here’s a weird realization I just had, and it makes a lot of sense while at the same time being a little freaky. I’ve written before about how being a […]

  • I’m proud of myself.

    This kind of post is usually reserved for New Year’s stuff, but screw it. This is my blog, and I just thought of this topic recently. Also, I don’t really […]

  • Integrity . . . ?

    I’ve been struggling with making writing time lately. It’s been sucky. After writing over 2,000 words a day for a week to meet my goal of finishing my latest novel […]

  • Small business and dreams.

    I realized something about myself and running a small business the other day: I don’t want to do just anything. I want to tell stories. I started three small businesses […]

  • Being mean to myself

    I’ve been continuing to build on the life coaching principles that I picked up last year, and they are continuing to help me unwind some of my writing troubles and […]

  • All done!

    I took last week off from my day job, mostly in order to decompress from the busy season, but as long as I was going to be at loose ends, […]

  • I think one of my favorite authors is self-publishing.

    When I started this blog, I started a list on a notepad on my phone of subjects I might blog about. I add to it, delete from it, grab ideas […]

  • Finding the theme of my novel.

    About twenty years ago, I attended a workshop at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis by this title. Well, not “Finding the Theme of My Novel,” rather “Finding the Theme […]

  • I am pro-choice.

    I had written out a couple of blog posts in advance so I could just press “publish” and have something new this week. But then the Supreme Court went ahead […]

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