Spring forward. Spring Cleaning. Renewal. Rebirth. Awakening. These are all clichés associated with spring. Now, we all know that clichés become trite and commonplace for good reason. There’s a universally acknowledge grain of truth in them or tradition builds up and it’s just the done thing. So… What have I done to spring myself forward [...]
Archive for the ‘Writing Life’ Category
Spring It Forward
March 23, 2012
So… You Wanna Be A Writer?
March 16, 2012
This week’s topic for my accountability group in our How I Write Series is “What do you wish you had known before you had even started to write? What would you have told your past self? Would you have discouraged yourself or encouraged? Would you have gone a different route?” So… this post isn’t so [...]
Proper Care and Feeding of Plot Bunnies
March 9, 2012
Many people worry to the point of paranoia about having their ideas stolen. This notion isn’t specific to any one industry either. Movies, music, writing, game design, car makers, electronics, everyone’s got something they’re afraid someone is going to overhear and take off with it and make their millions with it. Unfortunately, ideas are cheap. [...]
Mentors I Have or Haven’t Known
February 17, 2012
Last week in my accountability group’s HOW I WRITE series, I talked about why I love historical romance. This week we’re talking about our mentors, whether they realize they influence us or not. Mentors Who Are Aware They’re Mentoring My local San Diego RWA chapter has a great image it shares with its members. The image [...]
5 Steps from Dreams to Completed Goals
January 27, 2012
Last week in my accountability group’s HOW I WRITE series, we posted 5 Things That Made Us Smile that week. This week’s topic is “Share tips on how you successfully set and accomplished a goal.” I had a very specific set of writing goals in mind for last year and this year, with the RWA National [...]
