In case any one reads this and thinks I’m creating a fabulous artistic work in 31 days, rest assured, if I put that kind of pressure on myself, I’d never reach the 50 000 word mark. The good news so far is that I seem to be naturally creating a related ‘A’ story and ‘B’ […]
Catching up on the 31 day ‘novel’ Read More »
My one month to a 50 000 page ‘novel,’ (in length anyway) is almost over. According to the helpful schedule printed in No Plot No Problem (see previous) I should have written 30 006 words by the end of today. So far I have written 21 680, which is to say I am about four
I wasn’t supposed to do it. This summer I have so much to do. I promised the administration at my school that I’d have a musical written for the fall. I have guests coming from Sweden who will be in Canada for three weeks. I have my son home from school rather than in day
No Plot? No Problem! How to go crazy in 30 days Read More »
Booking Through Thursday:Do your reading habits change in the Spring? Do you read gardening books? Even if you don’t have a garden? More light fiction than during the Winter? Less? Travel books? Light paperbacks you can stick in a knapsack?Or do you pretty much read the same kinds of things in the Spring as you
Spring Reading — BTT Read More »
I was on a long hiatus when Booking Through Thursday posted this great idea: Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 123. What is the first sentence on the page? The last sentence on the page? Now . . . connect them together…I think it would be even more interesting to juxtapose the first
Great writing Prompt from BTT Read More »
You just have to try this fun word game at freerice.com. They flash a word at you with a series of possible synonyms. You choose your answer for immediate feedback. Apparently you are also helping feed the hungry when you do so. A laudible goal but I’d play the game anyway. Much fun. Happy reading,
Here is this weeks Booking Through Thursday : Suggested by Nithin: I’ve always wondered what other people do when they come across a word/phrase that they’ve never heard before. I mean, do they jot it down on paper so they can look it up later, or do they stop reading to look it up on
When my son was four, I was fortunate enough to visit Calgary Alberta during the Calgary Stampede. This experience was wonderful for me, especially because it helped me put to rest some of my Easterner’s prejudices/ fears about Westerners (i.e. that they hated everyone from Toronto). I found people in Calgary to be very friendly
Dig Magazine — okay so I’m not really sex-obsessed Read More »
It’s official now. My latest writing obsession is sex. It started with a creepy story I wrote, inspired by a car breakdown and an unpleasant incident. That, I thought, was the end of it, until I realized how carefully I avoid sex in my writing. I want to be couth and literary in my adult
It’s coming… ooooooh. Read More »
I was in the pub after at my writer’s circle this week and one of the members made an observation. I never reveal myself in my fiction. She does, automatically. Her novel in-in-progress grows organically out of her life and it is very funny and touching for it. Out of the ten of us, we