Rory’s Story Cubes Challenge IV: Week 6
Hmmm, decisions, decisions. Looks like the characters have some to make in this week’s challenge — once you choose which path to travel on your story.
Tag: writing
Characters Drive Plot: We Are Exeter Update
If you’ve been watching the progress meter in the sidebar, you know I’m almost done profiling the selection of Exeter characters who will appear in We Are Exeter. 🙂 For me, there have been a lot of unexpected bonuses in …
Om Namah Shivaya: Creation Through Destruction
This afternoon, Bill at The Bookcast was asking me about All That Is Necessary, and I had to point out that I’d written the first draft of the book set entirely in 1991. It didn’t work like that. (Kyrie had …
#LegitLit and Writing on the Ether
My post on serious fiction from the other day is mentioned pretty extensively in this week’s Writing on the Ether over at Jane Friedman’s blog. Porter Anderson responds to my commentary on his thoughts last week. Agreeing in some places …
Serious Fiction and #LegitLit: Creating a Hybrid Home
Print vs. Ebook Traditional vs. Indie Genre vs. Literary Serious vs. Fluff? Critics, readers and writers all like debating about fiction and where it’s going. One interesting sidelight to the Traditional/Indie debate has been the discussion about what works in …
Cross-Pollinating Among Writing, Art and Music
I already had plans to be in DC today, but after yesterday’s tragedy, it was a much-needed break. Updating the story online all day was difficult as more details came out and the story got worse. My original plans were …
Fifty Shades and Profiting Off Fanfic
The Associated Press had a story a few days ago about how Fifty Shades of Grey has its own fanfiction now, and it was a pretty interesting story. It brought to mind a rant on a fan fic rant community …
Writer Yoga: See the World Through The Right Lens
In my first yoga teacher training that really touched on the philosophical underpinnings of yoga, one of the other trainees mentioned advice her stepfather, who had terminal cancer, had once given her. “We see the world through the lenses we …
Wobbling Through Uncertainty
A few weeks ago, I sprained my foot after I tripped over my own two feet. It’s finally starting to feel close to normal, at least some of the time. The past several days have been unsettling as I’ve had …
Curious about part of Exeter?
I promise, I haven’t died. I’ve been juggling a few extra balls the past several weeks and one of the side effects has been a lack of blogging. I’ve got one particular aspect that should play itself out in the …