On Word Count (or Cutting out the Dog)

(Image found here) I finished what I thought was the final draft of the novel I’ve been working on for the past five years this past Christmas Eve, at my parents’ house, in the morning over coffee next to the Christmas Tree. I remember sitting back, stunned. Am I done revising? Is this really it? Well, no.

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On Secondary Characters

I’m an obsessive reader. I’d rather go without food than without books (for a little while at least). I’ve  just recently decided to break into the NA category. While I have positive and negative things to say about all of the books I read, there was something that stood out in nearly all of them that […]

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Writing versus Blogging—The Epic Struggle

So when I started this blog I was actually thinking I’d be posting to it more often. All the ideas! Can’t keep up!

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Where to start?

Google “writing advice”. See how many results come up. I think the reason I’ve put off blogging for so long (besides a lack of time) is the question: What can I add to this cacophony? Let’s see, shall we?

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