The writing challenge environment isn’t for everyone. Rough Trade is built on personal accountability—everything about the design of the challenge is focused on providing an environment where authors can stretch and challenge themselves. The basic rules stay the same from one challenge to another while the theme changes to give…
Yesterday, I encountered an old writing acquaintance. I wouldn’t call this person a friend because I usually ever crossed paths with them in large writing groups and more specifically, in the annual library write-ins for National Novel Writing Month. There are different kinds of write-ins during NANO and we’ve discussed…
Writers are born. We spring wholesale from the womb brimming with chaotic inspiration waiting to be unleashed onto the page. Because the desire to write is innate, it can be frustrating and disheartening when life gets in the way of our ability to write. I say “life” because it need…
It’s hardly a secret that I’ve been looking for a “home” of some sort when it comes to fandom since Livejournal imploded and stopped being what fandom needed. I tried Tumblr, Facebook, MeWe, and my own forum spaces but not necessarily in that order. Nothing really clicked for me, no…
I think every writer has a turning point in their craft when their emotional investment in their work shifts and changes. There was a time when I focused on pleasing others with my writing. I twisted myself up and worried excessively about pleasing this one writer “friend” in my life….
This year I’ve been blogging about various writer topics that cross my mind. Mostly, these essays have been a way to arrange my thoughts on my life and experiences as a writer. It’s essential, I think, to kind of map yourself out as a writer. On the podcast, we talk…
We’re doing a workshop on Discord this week and tonight is the introductory podcast. My apologies for not announcing on my website sooner. I created the events on the Facebook calendar and called myself done! 2-9-2020 Introduction: Plotting a Novella Summary: How to get started. Archived: Castbox 2-10-2020 Defining Your…
