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…
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…
I love my iBook and wouldn’t trade it for anything — well, except perhaps a bright, shiny new MacBook Pro like the one a couple of my NARWA sisters have. 😀 However, I’ve discovered something this week: I still like writing things out longhand, with a spiral-bound notebook and a Read more…
I didn’t get much writing done this weekend, opting instead to spend a romantic weekend with the Boyfriend. I did, however, get the chance to do a little reading. The February issue of RWR contained an intriguing article titled “Speed as an Antidote to Writer’s Block.” The gist is that writing Read more…
It’s better than wishin’ and hopin’, I guess. I did spend more than an hour writing today, so “Operation Treat Writing Like a Day Job” is still going strong on Day 3. The bad news is, it took me more than an hour to write about 550 words. I’m definitely Read more…
Again, I went to my NARWA meeting … and again I was inspired by a great speaker. Jennifer Ashley talked about how to finish that manuscript and get it published. And as usual, I had to come back to Flagstaff and head straight to work when I wanted to go Read more…
How is it that something I never thought much about before last week is now popping up everywhere? I just checked out The Seekers blog, and their latest post is about “writing ‘guy.’” Last week, after checking out another post, I found myself asking if guys really speak in shorter Read more…
I thought I was making good progress in getting my manuscript ready for the Golden Heart competition. I’ve edited 80 pages, trying to dig deeper into the minds of my characters and getting rid of a lot of “he said, she said” tags, replacing them with action tags instead. I’ve Read more…