So, I have a four item long to-do list for today. I've completed one item so far - purchasing a piece of equipment for my audio work. Let's look at that. I've done one, probably 10-minute task if I'm being generous, in...4 hours. Sure, I can say "oh, but I ate dinner in there, so … Continue reading Procrastination vs. Writer’s Block
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I know I said I wasn't planning on writing much during my residency, but this topic came to mind and I couldn't pass it up. I have some free time between events at the moment, and as much as I'd love to keep revising this story, if I look at it again I'm going to … Continue reading Revision and the Self
As most of you know, I truly began focus on this blog as a writer's outlet and professional space about a year ago, when I began my journey as an MFA student. Now that I am a year later, back in the same suites hotel with the same odd problem of not having a desk, … Continue reading Third Residency – Go!
I'm a semi-lapsed Episcopalian, self-identified as a henotheist - at least to the extent that I believe that each religion is a different facet of the Divine, revealed to those people as will best suit them in their lives. I celebrate Christmas. I celebrated Yule with a few very close friends. So to me, the … Continue reading Reflection on the Holidays
This is the second in a four-part series where you get to see the reviews I sent my MFA mentor this past semester. I have chosen not to go through an edit the reviews in any way, despite the fact that I am posting these after I've received feedback from my mentor. So you'll see … Continue reading Book Review – Blade Runner
Didn't quite get to an update in Week Four, because of Thanksgiving and family and travel etc, but here I am and let's talk shop. I did the thing. I said that I was going to write 50k on my future serial project, and that I was going to try and keep time as well … Continue reading Aftermath: NaNoWriMo
I've seen this phrase around a lot lately, and I wanted to finally get some of my words on the page about it. (Also, despite the impending deadline, I'm taking a breather from my NaNo novel before the three-hour drive ahead of me that I can write on. Go Thanksgiving travel time!) Because this not … Continue reading The Concept of the “Aspiring Author”
Also known as: How Rion Learned Lessons the Hard Way. I've taken great pride in that I've never had a critical meltdown of my computer/hard drive. I've never been the one who sat there saying, "I don't need a backup; my files will be fine." I've never accidentally saved over an assignment. I've never had … Continue reading Checkpoint: Beginning of Week Three
I forget, each year, how tiring NaNoWriMo really is. Then again, most years I'm not doing two novels at once. Today is my first day that I've sat down at the keyboard, looked at the computer screen, and said, "nooooo I don't want to write." I just got home from a visit back with my … Continue reading Checkpoint: End of Week One
So, this is 2013. When I was just starting undergrad, back in 2006, a girl told me that she was going to do the National Novel Writing Challenge - and I thought that was the coolest thing I've ever heard of. I decided to give it a try, since hey - I'd been writing for … Continue reading At the Beginning of November
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