A late night working plus working from home today equals headaches and other complications, the least of which is the fact that I didn’t prep a blog post yesterday. So while I brew coffee and hunt down painkillers, enjoy reading this post about what writers are. Courtesy Floating Robes You can’t say I haven’t warned… Continue reading From the Vault: The Dark Depths of Writing
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From the Vault: Write Whenever, Right Now
I was going to write something about writing when you can’t write (which I may still do), but due to time constraints I couldn’t quite get it together. Here’s a similar bit of advice from earlier in the year. Today I’ll do a better job of carving out writing time than I did yesterday. Writing,… Continue reading From the Vault: Write Whenever, Right Now
From the Vault: The Disorder of Art
Once again behind the 8-ball and in need of finding my groove, let me take you back a year to a post that you may find helpful. Courtesy Floating Robes “Apropos of nothing,” asks one person, “what’s the name of the mental disorder/condition where a person thinks his or her art/work is never good enough?”… Continue reading From the Vault: The Disorder of Art
From the Vault: Turning Negatives into Positives
How’s NaNoWriMo going? Are you frustrated? Angry? Maybe feeling some despair? Read on. This might help. Nobody feels fantastic all the time, at least not without heavy drinking or severe medication. Creative people are, by and large, emotional and thus emotional blindsides getting hit can knock you right off of the rails you’d been riding… Continue reading From the Vault: Turning Negatives into Positives
From the Vault: Writing as Mortar
I don’t have a clever lead-in for this, I have a lot coming up this weekend and in the near future, so here’s something from the vault as I work to catch up on things and get a little ahead if I can. Pop quiz, hotshot. You’re not ready to be a professional writer. You… Continue reading From the Vault: Writing as Mortar
From The Vault: This Is Gonna Suck
I’m on vacation! While I’m away, here’s a bit of writing advice from last year. I think it still applies, and part of me believe it always will. Artists come in all shapes and sizes. Some paint, some create music, others bring out the statues held captive by blocks of stone and still others start… Continue reading From The Vault: This Is Gonna Suck
From the Vault: Why I Write
I know a couple people on the lookout for writing advice, and in lieu of coming up with anything new and grasping for profound language, I’m just going to tell them (and remind myself) of why I write. This was originally posted two years ago. Enjoy! If you ask a writer for advice, quite a… Continue reading From the Vault: Why I Write
From the Vault: Handling Rejection
I used to do a regular feature I called “Pen Training”, or “PT” for short. In lieu of anything else, as I’m running behind and did not write up a post beforehand like smart people do, here’s a quick look into what I was yammering on about three years (!) ago in this very blogspace.… Continue reading From the Vault: Handling Rejection
