Category: Musings

  • Seeking balance

    It’s time to ask my writer friends for some advice: I need to find a way to strike a balance between writing and life. I’ve written about this on my other blog, but not here. It seems that when I’m focusing on my writing, everything else falls by the wayside — especially diet and exercise. […]

  • Two R’s

    The old saw says there are three R’s — readin’ ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmetic — but I gave up on that last one years ago. These days, I find myself struggling to strike the right balance between the other two. I’ve heard many, many writers say that to write well, you must read — and read […]

  • Let’s talk about …

    Get your mind out of the gutter. I was going to say “pens.” I spent an hour or so with the notebook and a pen this afternoon, hand-writing what turned out to be a good scene. It was full of both love and laughter — what more can you ask? When I left my makeshift […]

  • Sneak peek

    I’ve had a busy Friday. I not only wrote about 800 words on Meg & Matt’s story, but also finally readied the talk I’m doing on dialogue at next Saturday’s NARWA meeting. I know, I know. I’ve been procrastinating. A more conscientious person would have started preparing long ago. Actually, I did start gathering info […]