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Gamgee the Wise

Posted in Likes, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on December 6, 2021| Leave a Comment »

“It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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Sunday Funday

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 28, 2021| 2 Comments »

I’m heading into the workshop for the first time in ages. On the menu, bottle stoppers and finding the on switch for my lathe.

Later I’ll get back to reading The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman. Murder, mayhem and complicated septua- and octogenarians come together in a touching, humorous and well-written package. What’s not to love?

If you’re interested, start with book one in the series: The Thursday Murder Club.

Delightful!

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Today’s Game

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on November 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »

“Read books. Care about things. Get excited. Try not to be too down on yourself. Enjoy the ever present game of knowing.”

― Hank Green

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A Day of Delights

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on November 21, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Our creativity is a wild and unexpected bonus from the universe. It’s as if all our gods and angels gathered together and said, “It’s tough down there as a human being, we know. Here—have some delights. 

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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Writer Goals

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on November 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »

“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” 

― John Steinbeck

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Baby Steps

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on November 16, 2021| 2 Comments »

I’m experimenting with reading/media deprivation. Gotta say I’m not loving it:)

I’m also terrible at it, especially where the reading is concerned. So let’s just say I’m trying to reduce, not eliminate. Baby steps!

It would be nice to have more time and get more done, though. I do love crossing things off my list.

Side note, my NaNoWriMo project wants to be a graphic novel. Surprise!

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Fixing What’s Broken

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 12, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Seems to me like it’s free fiction Friday. Here’s a story from Josh Bales via Future Tense Fiction. I particularly liked the ending.

In the Land of Broken Things

The shop was a three-story brown brick building on the north end of downtown. The pawls on her bike clicked slower as she pulled up in front of it. Block letters in faded gold paint proclaimed REVERTE REPAIRS on the front window. Beneath that, in smaller letters: WE FIX YOUR BROKEN THINGS.

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Cooking My Books

Posted in Food and..., Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on November 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »

I think I’m going to start cooking my books.

Not in a bad way! But some days generating inspired dinner ideas is a pain. So to drum up new recipes I’m going to cook some version of whatever is being served in my current book.

For example, if the characters take a few moments between aliens and heart-pounding explosions to enjoy pancakes or roast chicken or curry, that’s my starting point.

Because invasion or not, one must stay fueled!

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So Many Ways

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 8, 2021| Leave a Comment »

There are a lot of ways to tell a story. Out loud, on a screen, around a fire, on paper, you name it. And structure? Novels, plays, shorts, longs, movies, TV, take your pick, and new technologies mean new possibilities.

This Twitter-based choose your own adventure story is one fun example:

Metaverse Noir on Twitter: “START HERE” by Kathryn Yu

Would you like to know more? Here’s an article about the project.

There are so many ways to be creative, and it’s nice to be reminded that most limits are ones we put there ourselves:)


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I’m Doing It Again

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 7, 2021| 1 Comment »

Hey hey, dispatch from the NaNo mines here, and I’m sorry to say that I may be a tiny bit stuck at the moment.

I don’t want you to think that my projects are always a breeze so full disclosure, we’re talking stuck as in deep underground trapped between a boulder leftover from the Pleistocene and a jagged hole leading onto a tiny ledge winding down into darkness, from which I can just hear a river rushing over the sound of war chants echoing through the uncharted cave system in which I find myself trapped for all eternity!

Ahem.

I keep starting and restarting my project, which is a problem I have sometimes. NaNoWriMo’s word count is a tool to get beyond that issue, but my goal for this month is not just writing but finishing. So yeah. It’s time for more thinking, prepping, checking to see how my favorite authors did it, reworking my whole premise, stalling doing.

The good news is that I’ve noticed there’s a problem and now I can fix it. Go me:)

There’s a light at the end of every tunnel, even if you have to turn around to see it.

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