Plan C?
This may be more like it. It’s Jay Lake’s “one story a week” rules. In short: 1) Write a story every week. 2) Finish everything you start. 3) Don’t self-critique while you’re writing. 4) Work on one thing at a time. The only thing...Plan B
Um, yeah. 9pm is apparently too late. Also, I apparently need a wordcount. There’s that wacky time when I get home, while dinner is cooking; I’d be fresher then. The Athlete’s Diary convinces me that I need to modify the Motivational Spreadsheet of...Write is the Plan the Plan is Fiction
Every day at 9pm, except Fridays because that’s Battlestar Galactica, there will be fiction. I can brainstorm, outline, edit, write first drafts, etc., but there will be fiction at 9pm, and I must spend an hour on this. The me has spoken. I considered a daily...Exercise: 1, Writing: 0.
Because I was having trouble convincing myself to work out, I decided to set my alarm clock half an hour earlier and work out in the mornings. This prompted much mirth from the SO, since my usual morning routine has been to hit the snooze button for an hour. Jokes...Sallya is live on Alien Skin
The illustration is terribly cute. Go, look!I don’t usually link to things like this here.
I try to stay vaguely on topic, and stick to geekgrrl and writing things. (Maybe that’s a mistake!) But this blog is astonishing. It’s maintained by a photographer, and he’s telling the story of Hurricane Katrina’s impact on Pearlington, MS,...Note to self.
Apparently, what one does when one doesn’t know what happens next in a story is upgrade Movable Type to version 3.2. (Mmm, yummy new antispam features!) And, of course, resist the urge to say, “But I don’t want that to happen, that’s...I don’t know what happens next in this story.
Maybe I should tweak the website. Or install more Movable Type plugins. Or make a page on this site to show people how cute my cats are. Or install more Movable Type plugins! Or all of the above! *heavy sigh* Or...Four and Twenty Blackbirds, by Cherie Priest
I’m not sure what led me to go to the Southern Gothic panel at Dragoncon. I suspect it was the panel description: What is it about the American South that haunts the literary psyche? Some of horror’s Southern voices will talk about what it is like to live...Subscribe
