When my sister and I were little, whenever we went out to a restaurant where you could get your own soda, we would mix a variety of them together. Sometimes it tasted good, sometimes it tasted horrific, but what remained true, no
Embarrassing Early Stories
Yesterday I was at a Super Bowl party with several college friends of mine. (I am not a huge fan of football but I do like the Super Bowl because it often involves friends, food, and drink.) Shortly into the
Using Google Docs as a Writing Tool
Each of us have preferred writing tools – Word, OpenOffice, a good old pen and paper, Write or Die, a typewriter (I love typewriters). They appeal to different people for different reasons. I prefer Word, for the most part, because
Farewell, January
I think, since I obligatorily New Year posted at you, that I am somehow under contract to tell you how January went. Don’t worry, I don’t intend to tell you my goals every month nor tell you how they went.
Of Sleep Deprivation and Haiku
I have gotten a total of 7.5 hours of sleep over the past two nights. As such, I am admittedly a little, um, what’s the term – punch-drunk? What does that even mean? Also, wordpress informs me that I have
ABNA Musings
I had a friend say that whenever she saw “ABNA” she thought “ABBA” and that it’s been a very strange week. So the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award submission opened last night. For those of you who don’t stalk the internet
Writing with a Partner – Collaborative Editing
To continue our discussion from last week (tl;dr – writing with a partner is awesome, assuming you find the right partner), this week I am going to discuss the theory of editing collaboratively. I say theory because I have not done
Writing with a Partner – A Discussion on Collaborative Writing
Once upon a time, I read Sorcery and Cecilia by the lovely Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer. If you haven’t read this, you are missing out. It is marvelous. It’s an epistolary novel, meaning each person writes letters as their
Obligatory New Year Post
It seems like a requirement to make a post (or maybe two) talking about how the last year went and any plans/resolutions for the new year. I’ll admit I’m not much motivated. I work on several projects in a year
Of Lunar Eclipses and Inspiration
So how awesome was the eclipse the other night? So awesome. My new house has this random landing at the top of the stairs. It’s tiny and useless, but it turns out to be the perfect size for three people
