Last October, I spent some time in the woods and finished writing the first draft of my book. There was no Internet, so I had left myself some blanks and notes to fill in, and I was picking up where I had left off writing two years earlier. This weekend I finally sat down to…
Category: Works In Progress
Retreat
Reading Time: 2 Minutes I did a thing. I’ve booked myself away on a writing retreat. It has been an embarrassingly long time since I’ve picked up my WIP, but I’ve been thinking a lot about it lately and getting excited to actually get back into it. I have over 51 000 words written. I…
Goal Setting
Reading Time: 3 Mins I started this month off with a very aggressive word count goal of 40 000 words and, with April right around the corner, it is clear to me now I will not be hitting that goal. In fact I won’t come anywhere near it. I could blame the fact that my…
Plantsing
Reading Time: 3 Mins I was a part of a discussion recently that asked, “Are you a Plotter or a Pantser?” Meaning, do you plot out your manuscript meticulously or do you fly by the seat of your pants? Someone introduced me to the term “Plantser” and I feel like, right now anyway, that is…
Goebbels The Turkey
Reading Time: 4 mins Ah Goebbels, my old friend. Goebbels The Turkey was a blog idea I had back around April and May of 2013 and it was going to be the story of a turkey who has a friend go missing, conspicuously, around Thanksgiving. It was a bit of a lark at the time…