How’s your writing gone lately, Squiders? Got lots done? Well, I’m here to derail that. Bwha. Hey, if I can’t focus, why should you? If you need a break, why not try one of these time wasters? 1. Social Media
April is National Poetry Month
April: not a bad month, literarily. All the writing challenges you could ever want, plus a celebration of that most elusive of literary forms. Ah, poetry. Done right, it can give you a feeling, a memory, put a ray of
Why is Tag Called Tag?
I’m not going to answer that question, I’m just wondering. Does it have something to do with tagging animals? Except it seems like the game is a lot older than tracking animals, so who knows. Anyway, KD Sarge has tagged
Revisiting Picture Books
January I brought up how I was going to be participating in #kitlitart’s PB dummy challenge. It’ll be new and exciting! I said. It’ll be fun! I said. Turns out writing picture books is really hard. It’s interesting, because I’ve
A Medley of Arts
I have a confession. I hang with the infamous Ian on a fairly regular basis, usually every other Wednesday, and a lot of times we will brainstorm blog post ideas, which is why Wednesday posts tend to be a little
Boo on You, Network Television
I am swearing off network television. Admittedly I only follow, at most, a show at a time, but with rare exceptions science fiction and fantasy don’t fare very well. So I get into a show and it invariably gets cancelled.
When Life Gets in the Way
Life! It goes. Generally it goes at a fairly even keel and things have a routine to them. But every now and then, you find yourself anticipating a major life event and everything else kind of falls by the wayside.
A Well of Inspiration
Every now and again, I feel a bit dried up, like I have squeezed every interesting idea from my head and that nothing more will come. I think we all feel that way sometimes, for whatever reason, whether we’ve pushed
A Slight Feeling of Isolation
It’s no secret that I believe in the more social aspects of writing. Writing groups, critique groups, writing partners, the whole nine yards. I love writing, I would do it regardless, but there’s something very satisfying about working with other
An Excuse to Learn
One of the best things about books is that you learn new things. This is true both whether you are reading them or writing them. New places, new cultures, new mythology…oh, it is grand. One of my favorite things about
