Monthly Archives: June 2010
Eliminating Noise
I am continuing my quest to be good. Step 1: the elimination of noise. By noise, I don’t mean all sound, but a particular kind of sound that keeps me from focusing on what I need and want in my … Continue reading
Low-stakes writing
A Famous Writer once chided me about blogging a few years back. She told me that her Extremely Famous Writer husband and she decided to stop blogging, so that they could save their words for their novels (said Famous Writer … Continue reading
Links
Links! If last month’s links were heavy on rejection, this month’s links are focused on race and support. Coffee and support over at Book Writing World. This little 2 minute movie is charming and sweet and cute; I laughed so … Continue reading
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Your first mark?
I am a woman of color, and I was not aware of my race until someone else pointed out the ways I am different, sometime in my childhood. The ways in which race/difference is pointed out, marks us for life. … Continue reading
my novel makes me feel like a small, very flawed sh*thead…
This is what I wrote on May 4, 2010 (and neglected to publish on this blog until now), with regard to writing/revising my novel: A mentor once told me, “Revision is when the real writing happens.” He said this in … Continue reading
An ugly robe is better than writing naked
What is your writing uniform? In her interview over at Book Writing World with Elizabeth Stark, Kate Moses (author of Cakewalk) mentions that she gave herself three months to write her book, and she wore overalls every single day. Her … Continue reading
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