As much as I know this phrase comes to mind when talking about something like cutting sentences that aren't necessary no matter how much you love them and think they're clever, I want to talk more about character death. I read an article lately that commented on how often writers think that killing off a … Continue reading Killing Your Darlings
Category: Personal
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
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
Time for Life Stories with Rion. I don't go full-tilt into what's happening in my life often, but this is something that authors need to be aware of in their writing as well, so I figure that I'll go into it here, and we can all work it out together. So here's what I've been … Continue reading On Dating and Relationships, and How I’m Bad At This
With my title as an homage to Wicked, you'd think this story might have a less than happy ending - yet on the contrary, I'm actually being quite honest. Because in terms of me as a performer and someone in the writing world, I've had a lot of excellent things happen to me recently. And … Continue reading Couldn’t Be Happier
Ironically, as much as I talk about putting music to everything I write, this is actually not a post about writing with/to music. (Though that's certainly an idea for the future...) No, this is something that I was thinking of when I was at work the other day, and it struck me that I keep … Continue reading Writing Stories in the Quiet
Hey everyone - sorry about the long silence. Here's where I get to fill you in on everything that I'm doing now! ...I promise, I'll try not to be boring.I recently returned from my summer graduate school residency in Dublin, Ireland - which was everything I possibly ever could have wanted and more. The country … Continue reading Long Time No See
Wow, sorry about the huge dearth of posts. My life has been a little up in the air for the past month, but now that it's looking like it might settle down, here's an update for you all. I might even talk about writing and books a little! So, on the personal front - I'm … Continue reading Long Time No Write
I am not lost... 