I live in a region of the country where outdoor recreational activities abound. Last night I overheard a couple of young men standing behind me at an open-air concert discussing their hiking plans for the summer. Not wanting to turn around and stare, I could just imagine two strapping, healthy youths sporting robust backpacks and…Continue Reading “A peak a week”
After writing for 28 days, at least 3 hours every day, I am wrung out, but thrilled to have created a novel out of thin air. As I think back over the story I see how each of the plot lines and characters contain elements of myself. All of the issues I’ve tackled are fragments…Continue Reading “Pushing words up the anthill”
I am writing Chapter 8 of my 30-day novel and wondering why I haven’t written a word of dialogue yet. Being an essayist and poet, I don’t have much occasion to write dialogue, so I consult one of several books with which I’ve surrounded myself in the past couple of weeks to “teach” me how…Continue Reading “Yes, I can do this!”
I admit it. I’m one of those people who has spent her whole life composing novels in her head and never writing one. I even try to live my life as if it were a novel. Oh, don’t get me wrong. I do write. I’ve even been published (aside from these blogs), but the idea…Continue Reading “Who knew novel-writing could be this much fun?”