So my workshop got me thinking about pacing. How do you know if a book is moving too slow? Too quickly? Uneven?
Sometimes I hit this point where I just can’t think about any more writing advice, and I just have to put my head down and write. Hopefully, it all comes [...]
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Pacing (writerly questions)
RWA meeting #2
Tomorrow’s meeting is a workshop about the W plotting method. The workshop is based on the plot of Romancing the Stone, which is a bit outdated, but should still be interesting in terms of writing tips. Wonder if I can stream the movie on Netflix tonight–I was still in elementary school when that [...]
The Benefit of Mystery
I was just complaining to my husband recently that, while knowing things is cool, I kind of like the mystery. Nowadays you can just Google anything: what was that song lyric? What was the name of that guy in that movie? What is the fucking statue on LOST and who built the [...]
The High Priestess
I’ve been working on my tarot story this morning, painfully cutting out massive parts of it that I decided didn’t fit. Cutting that many words is like carving a bit of flesh off my arm, but it had to be done and the story stands better without it (if you’ve read a bit of [...]
Characters (writerly questions)
But first a shout out to my sweetie catinthesun. Hope you’re doing some serious roshambo actions! Today you are not a towel, you are a badass. Just remember our extremely uncomfortable couch is always available for visits once you’re ready (I’d probably make meta_cognition sleep on the couch and give [...]
Song full of win
I too like them smart, Will I. Am
Fear
I’m not scared of spiders. I would however freak out if a spider sproinged (what? I make up words) out of a hole and landed on my foot.
I’m not scared of roaches. But I still do the icky freak dance if one emerges from my shower drain.
What is that, about fear, that makes us both [...]
Holy mother of Cthulhu
The things you find when you’re doing research!
Look at my new friend, Evarcha culicivora:
Apparently, she likes the taste of your blood. Not just any blood. Yours. Mm, blood eating jumping spiders. And look at those buggy eyes–it’s coming for your blood next…
Edits
I don’t hate edits as much as I used to, though I still wish I had a more critical eye for my own story’s strengths and weaknesses.
I like seeing the way a story can change through edits, too. Being part of a critique group where I get to read and reread chapters [...]
Thank all the Lords of Kobol**
I finally finished a story!
I haven’t actually finished anything in a really long time, so I’m giddy with relief about this fact. The story in question is called “In Spirit and in Flesh,” a short story for an eXtasy Books anthology due out in September (er, I think).
It had a tight word count limit, 7500, [...]
