If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
This is the first November in twenty years that I haven’t taken on the National Novel Writing Month challenge (aka, write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.) The organization that promoted this event, and connected writers who were crazy enough to participate, folded in the spring. I was worried that November without NaNoWriMo would... Continue Reading →
Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too. ~Isabel Allende
I'm on a writing retreat this week, working on a first draft while I take a break from the book I've been editing. In my experience, books are built from messy first drafts. I’m writing a first draft and reminding myself that I’m simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build... Continue Reading →
My mind works in idleness. To do nothing is often my most profitable way. ~Virginia Woolf
I learned long ago that being Lewis Carroll was infinitely more exciting than being Alice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
