I can’t believe it has been over a month since I last posted. I am so sorry, but my life has been extremely hectic and blogging has been the last thing on my mind. I suffer from anxiety and my anxiety has been through the roof due to my son, who has ADHD, having trouble … More Life Update.
It’s been about three weeks since my last update and in that time I’ve been mainly working on two projects. I’m still working on my rewrite of my urban sci-fi novel rift. I’m about half way through now which is really exciting. Because it’s a rewrite though, I have to cut heaps of sections that … More A Writerly Update 11.
One of the things we need to be aware of as writers is word counts. Books for different ages and genres have different word counts and I think it important to be aware of what those general word counts are. Over at Writers Digest Chuck Sambuchino has complied a definitive list of word counts for … More Writing Tip Wednesday: A Word On Word Counts.
Today I was reading a post from Julie Israel, which you can read at http://julieisrael.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/the-door/ that inspired a short story of my own. An image came to me that I had to write down. The words started to flow and I just went with it, not planning length or any plot. I was doing a … More I feel like I’ve run a marathon.