In Thanks for a Productive Day

Today was a productive writing day. What that means for me is over 2000 new words on the page that didn’t exist when I got out of bed this morning to turn off the 5am alarm. It also means I stayed focused. It means I sat here in this increasingly padded chair...

10,000+

Thanks to everyone who paid an extra visit to this blog yesterday, to help skooch me up over the 10,000 hit mark. Very silly of me and very kind of you! I appreciate everyone who visits, reads, and comments here. It’s been a interesting few years, keeping up a...

A framework for the beauty to come

Having reached the customary point in my first draft where I start fretting about rising word count (roughly seven chapters in), I needed this timely reminder from author Patti Hill, over at the excellent Novel Matters blog today. Taming The Perfectionist Monster...

Pressing On

Pressing on despite not being able to see the path ahead can be hard. And a little scary. It’s where I am right now in regards to writing. I’ve been in a working and waiting mode for so long I’m not sure I’ll know how to “be”...

Music for an 18th century state of mind

I had a fun discussion with some girlfriends earlier this week about movie soundtracks, and our favorite movies. No surprise that mine are almost all historicals, complete with sweeping soundtracks, lots of fiddle music, often with a Celtic strain. It’s the...

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