Figured if I was going to go musical theater might as well go all out. I’m on the final part of the last Monsters of Pittsburgh story. At this point its all about the last fight… which, of course, KILLS ME. I hate writing fight scenes. But that’s it, the last fight, followed by the […]
My youth spent in the theater sometimes shines through my literary pretensions. One of those is times is when I try to explain what creation feels like to people or why I’m addicted to the process of creation. And that’s what I got. I’m always trying to finish the hat. And sometimes, trying to finish […]
Since I started writing, I’ve done less and less reading. Well, reading for fun. I read tons every day. My mutant ability to read and remember has been utilized by many of my friends, and I get it. Believe me, if I had a friend who could plow through 50,000 words in a few hours […]
I’m drinking tea out of my new mug, and enjoying the sunshine, sans a new tattoo, but that’s not my kids’ or the husband’s fault. My favorite local tattoo place went and got weird on me. I’m making some progress on the finale for Monsters of Pittsburgh. I got over 2k words written last night. […]
So I finally got some real work on the finale for Monsters of Pittsburgh. And as I sat down last night to bang out more words, began rearranging scenes and refining the four thousand words I had. And I kept that up for about an hour. Then I remembered that had the shutterstock images for […]
On Tuesday, I busted out 3k words for the Monsters of Pittsburgh finale. When I finished, I wrote my Insecure Writers Support Group post, and was ready to spend all day Wednesday head deep in drafting. I woke up, opened Scrivener, and… immediately started scrolling shutterstock.com. Because, you see, my friend bought X amount of […]
Why yes, it is the first Wednesday of the month and time for the airing of insecurities. In this case, self-promotion. It’s common insecurity with indie writers, maybe all writers. I always feel like such a schmuck when I do it. I’m not sure where it comes from. I don’t know a single indie […]
Not a true writer’s block. That involves having no idea what to write. I know what I want to write, I have more than just a vague idea of this finale goes and a concrete certainty of what the final scene is. But sit me down and there are no words. It’s like pulling teeth. […]
I’m over at Raine O’Tierney’s Hat Party answering questions today! Also, I am wearing a hat. Take a look see! Not sure I’ll get done today. I’m going to workout with my sister-in-law. My accident in January left me even more sedentary than normal for winter. It’s bad enough I’m writer, but my tendency to hibernate […]
Still recovering from the husband’s birthday. No we didn’t go out and get trashed. He got nailed with a stomach flu. Poor guy is pretty well wrecked, but he did get his Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes, so he went to bed happy on Friday night. Last night… I should be drafting the final Monsters of Pittsburgh […]
Words That Burn Like Fire 