(*Okay, the morning.) I got it in mind to try an experiment. I would write, on my laptop, as usual, with one significant change: the internet as I know and love it will no longer be in existence. Yesterday, I had all day to write. But yesterday was a day in which the internet existed … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Rearrange Your Furniture
There are things we do to get ready to write. Personal rituals. Soothing routines. I guess mine would be the walk here. My street is always quiet in the morning, the bars closed, every once in a while a dog being walked, only the bodegas open. I walk to my writing spot and just let … Continue reading »
Progress, at a Cost
Also, didn’t mention in my last distracted post, but I’m making real progress with the novel… I wish I could write all day and every day, though I know physically I can probably only do concentrated bursts of, at the most, four hours at a time. So I’m sandwiching it between time at the day … Continue reading »
Write What You Know: Gossip Girl Edition
On my mind lately has been this one cliché you hear in writing workshops and how-to books: “Write what you know.” I might be facing a battle if I admit this, but I believe it wholeheartedly. I think my writing is more authentic and so much better when I’m writing something I have first-hand knowledge … Continue reading »
Delicious and Deadly Distractions
I’d like to design myself a web page that my browser automatically goes to when I’m trying to write but am attempting to visit any page that is not Pandora (which contains my own personal radio station for writing, so I think I should be allowed to keep going to it). The web page would … Continue reading »
From Can’t to Can
Some days I think I’ve caught that sickness where you’re in the midst of doing something singularly important, something that has the potential to change your whole entire life, and you know it, and we all know it, and there’s no one who doesn’t know it, but for some reason you want to curl up … Continue reading »
Need Motivation?
Is writing no fun anymore? Read this. Continue reading »
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Drops of Possible Wisdom
I learn new things every day, about who I am as a person, about who I am as a person who writes, about who I am as a person who worries herself into such a state she can barely even write and then complains about it. For example: If you have a book contract you … Continue reading »
Pictures of Me*
I’ve been asked to send in an author photo by the end of the month to be used for the upcoming fall launch. I can specify that it can be for launch only, and not for other marketing purposes or to use on the book, which I may have to do, because I have less … Continue reading »
Sisters
The best present my mother ever gave me was a baby sister. I adore mine, always have. Things about my sister: She loves books; we have very similar taste in fiction. In most cases, I think she’s my ideal reader. I love her taste in music and many of my favorites came from her recommendations—she … Continue reading »
