As part of ‘The Next Big Thing Blog Hop’, I was tagged by Jae in her post last week. The purpose of this hop is to expose you to writers and their work that perhaps you haven’t heard of, whether a new release or a Work in Progress (WIP). This is week 23. According to … More “The Next Best Thing” –Blog Hop 2012
Well folks, NaNoWriMo is nearly upon us—nine days! And you’ll be relieved to know that I have my lucky coffee cup. Here’s the deal. I started this challenge in 2005 and only finished 25,000 words… Because, I was writing in longhand. The writing wasn’t hard, but the word count was a Bitch. The next year … More Nano’s Coming!!
After pondering several blog ideas, I decided to talk about routine and the value of having certain patterns in ones day. I think this is especially important for artistic folks. Of the writers I know, some like to start their writing very early in the morning before the busyness of the day interferes. Some like to write … More Operation:Disrupt Routines
For a little change of pace, I thought I’d tell a story. Probably that’s not much of a change of pace but, let’s give it try. Lo, many years ago, before there was NaNoWriMo, before there were thoughts of writing lesbian fiction, even before my beloved Zeke and Anne; there was a story. I was … More The Story of the Prequel, not to be confused with the popular Nyquil
The past year has been quite a little roller-coaster ride… in my humble opinion. I’d like to briefly hit some of the high points to pave the way for the gratitude piece of our show. After the requisite rejections, I sold my manuscript “Damaged in Service” to Affinity eBooks, NZ, Ltd. In April, began the edits … More Some good memories and a whole lot of gratitude
Words of Barrett 