From the monthly archives:

April 2010

Water from the Well

April 16, 2010

Lately, I’ve had difficulty getting into a writing frame of mind. While I understand that success in writing requires an unflinchingly consistent work schedule, when your Muse has packed up and gone on vacation, there’s only so much you can do. Professional novelists often talk about their need to consume a steady diet of reading [...]

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Writers Write!

April 14, 2010

The poem below is inspired by the day to day minutia experienced by writers that have every great intention of writing but things gets in the way. Fortunately, I was able to stop myself this week to get this poem finally out of my head. Let me know how you are moving along with your [...]

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Writing Exercise: Take an Adjective, a Character, and a Place and See What Happens

April 12, 2010

Image by kajvin via FlickrI never been much of a lover. Bathtub gin is my life and the skirts aren’t usually impressed by a true moonshiner. They go more for your pin-stripe wearing rum-runner types. Y’see making liquor is a dirty business. I don’t own a suit. I wear coveralls and a cap and I [...]

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Armchair Editing: The Curse of the Amateur

April 7, 2010

There’s an old saying about a little knowledge being a dangerous thing and another one about ignorance being bliss.  In the case of storytelling that can lead to a weird limbo of discrimination and discernment.  As your own skill of the craft grows you undoubtedly find yourself appreciating good storytelling more and you’ll have a [...]

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Habitually Focused – The Pomodoro Technique

April 6, 2010

The human brain is a wondrous thing, capable of amazing feats of creativity and logic.  The complexities can be both boon and bane, the latter when distractions are present.  Last week, at the Ignite Phoenix event, I learned about a simple technique that can help when focus is needed.  It’s called Pomodoro, named after the [...]

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