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As a novelist I spend a good deal of my time thinking about the lives of fictional characters. It can be tempting to let my life become absorbed in stories that are not mine. I have to be intentional about living my own story. … Continue Reading “Living the Story — Band in a Cargo Van”
Yesterday on Novel Matters Latayne Scott challenged us to a Beowulfian Boast. The elements of such a boast are 1. Declaring identity (who he or she is) 2. Place of origin (where he or she is from) and 3. Why he or she is fit… Continue Reading “Boasting Like Beowulf”
Just for you…a look into the insanity of writing a novel in a month. I love my job. By the way, almost 36 hours into NaNoWriMo and I’m at 6,371 words and still feeling good. Thanks, everybody for your support. It means the world… Continue Reading “Day 2: Phases of Writing Crazy”
>She walked…no lumbered…no waddled into the coffee shop, her round and extended tummy upsetting the newspapers on the counter. “I need a double mocha and a blueberry scone,” she said, her voice desperate. “That mocha’s decaf, right?” the kid behind the counter asked. “No.”… Continue Reading “>Seven days late (short story of pregnant vengeance)”
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