Staying committed to your dreams is hard, especially when nothing is happening the way you think it should. Your process is too long. Feedback is mixed. LIFE constantly throws crap in your face. How the hell can you end up on top? Yes, I’m speaking from experience. Hair-pulling, head-slamming experience. In case you missed it, I’ve been at this writing
Loving Winter?
Welcome to snowstorm 4,321,987 of the year! I bet you’re ready for some summer now, huh? Don’t worry, you’re not alone in this. Here’s the bad news: We have several more weeks of our current situation. If that true fact has you considering bodily harm, let me point out again you’re not alone. I was over winter after the first
Know Yourself for Better Efficiency
For the last month, I’ve been slogging through first round revisions for my self-dubbed “light and fun” YA contemporary, and it’s been hell. The revision process has been so bad I recently had a weekend-long panic attack. While I’m known to tweet/FB things like “Revisions. Grrr…,” I’m not opposed to the process. It’s an accepted fact of the writer life.
Dear God, Really?
I’ve been at a total loss in what to say here, so I figured I’d take some online quiz to share with you. So I did. The results aren’t pretty. Your results:You are Robin Robin 64% Green Lantern 60% Supergirl 54% Catwoman 50% Wonder Woman 49% Superman 45% Batman 45% Spider-Man 40% The Flash 35% Iron Man 25% Hulk 20%
Presenting the 2014 Quarterly Writing Life Game Plan
Oddly, I’m still on that “new year” kick. This baffles, so let’s chalk it up to the clutch of bad years circa 2011 – 2013 and push on. Good? Good. Another big thing for me this year has to do with writing*. My goal for 2014 is to get to the next level in my writing career. I’ve spun my