Obviously, it’s not actually Groundhog Day. I’m a bit late on that if we want to be technical. But I’m feeling like it’s Groundhog Day in the movie sense, in that we’ve gotten to the end of February and here I am […]
November has passed and took NaMoWriMo with it. I feel like I had a very successful NaNo, with only three days I didn’t work on my novel. While it’s supposed to be an every day thing, I will always cut myself some […]
I’m extremely pleased to report that I’ve maintained my daily editing habit this week. Progress is slow, as I’m still finding editing and re-writing to be a much more difficult and clunky process than just writing, but progress is being made. My […]
So here we are at blog entry #50. It’s been a little over a year now that I’ve been updating this site. If I’m honest, I’m surprised I’ve gotten this far with it. My track record with consistency in any kind of […]
The process of getting back to normal has been more challenging than I expected. Part of it is the jet lag (though I think I’m mostly over that other than a lingering propensity for early mornings). Part of it is that my […]
When I have a story to tell, it lives in my head for as long as it takes to be written. I’ve mentioned several times that my novel lived in the back of my mind for 20+ years before I wrote it. […]
I’ve been talking for a while now about the fact that I’ve been struggling. Back in February I wrote about how I was suffering from seasonal depression, and in March I thought it was getting better (and to be fair, I was […]
At my second meeting with the Toronto Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writer’s group, I read a piece of my writing out loud for the first time in my life. I was so nervous I could barely get the words out to read it […]
I know I’ve expressed a lot lately that I’m struggling with patience as I wait for responses to my submissions and do the seemingly endless editing of my novel. This week was no exception and actually feels like a doubling-down on that […]
I’m beginning to understand why the website for finding places to submit your stories is called The Submission Grinder. The rejections keep on rolling in – I got four more this week. I’ve resubmitted three of them and intend to have the […]