Getting in the habit of writing is really helping. I got another 1,000 words written today, bringing my total on Meg & Matt’s story to 44,090 — many of them written since Jan. 17. That leaves a minimum of 11,000 words — max 16,000 — to finish this story. It’s Read more…
The dialogue presentation I’m giving to NARWA on Saturday is almost ready. I’ve practiced it more than once (once in front of a human audience and twice for my cats, who didn’t seem impressed) and keep finding things to change with each telling. I’ve also been plugging away on my Read more…
Get your mind out of the gutter. I was going to say “pens.” I spent an hour or so with the notebook and a pen this afternoon, hand-writing what turned out to be a good scene. It was full of both love and laughter — what more can you ask? Read more…
I’ve had a busy Friday. I not only wrote about 800 words on Meg & Matt’s story, but also finally readied the talk I’m doing on dialogue at next Saturday’s NARWA meeting. I know, I know. I’ve been procrastinating. A more conscientious person would have started preparing long ago. Actually, Read more…
I have another confession to make: I have trouble with my follow-through. This is true both in life (I think it’s why I can’t seem to reach my goal weight or balance my checkbook) and in my writing. More than one mostly finished manuscript languishes in my collection. Two of Read more…
… But somewhere between sitting in traffic for an hour and driving up I-17 at 20 mph, I forgot what I wanted to say. Maybe it’ll come back to me for a future post. I didn’t get a lot of writing done these last couple of days. I did, however, Read more…
First off, I want to thank my regular readers. Apparently there are two of you out there. My blog had two hits for each of the last two days, even though I didn’t post a thing. Maybe I’m wrong, but it makes me think there are some people out there who Read more…
Hello. My name is Arlene, and I have a confession. Meg & Matt are real lookers … and I don’t mean that in a good way. I’m not kidding. I’ve noticed that Meg & Matt spend a lot of time looking — at each other, at the ground, at whatever Read more…