I’m not a morning person in any sense. I stagger around for a while, lucky if I can manage to feed the pets and make some tea. Then I sit down at the computer. Even though I’m still groggy and half-functional, amazingly, I can write. In fact, it’s my best writing time. I believe it’s…
Tag: creativity
The Risks of Character Neglect
When I started writing my first book, I didn’t plot. I chose a time period I loved and imagined a dynamic, larger-than-life hero and a heroine who was a lot like me. Since it was a romance, I knew it ended up with them together and happy. But that was all I knew. About three…
Spring! Time for cloud-watching!
Puffy white cyber-sites feed creativity Ah, spring—longer days, warmer temperatures. I strive to invest my BICHOK (butt-in-chair-hands-on-keyboard) time daily, but there are times my brain wants to get off the gerbil wheel of word quotas and plots and marketing, and put in some time just staring at the clouds. There are “clouds” of sorts on…
Go to it! (Pursue what makes you come alive!)
I read the most touching article last week. Written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a well known children’s author and filmmaker. It was titled, “You May Want to Marry My Husband.” It was written along the lines of a match.com profile, and it described the charms, kindnesses, and deep expressions of love her husband had shown her…
The Trouble With Muses
A fellow author shared an in-depth look at her writing process on her blog. It was so methodical and logical. I was overwhelmed with envy. All of you writers who can plot and outline and plan—you don’t know how lucky you are. I’ve tried to do those things, but I’m always thwarted by my muse….