Something a Little Different Today

Friday, 30 November 2007, 8:00 | Category : Inspiration
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This Friday, instead of offering one of my own photos, I want to recommend the digital artwork of Ryan Bliss, creator of Digital Blasphemy. There are hundreds of wallpapers available on the site for paid members, but Ryan also offers some fantastic selections in the free gallery. I regret to say I haven’t [...]

Briefly: Lists Group Writing Project Entries

Thursday, 29 November 2007, 4:00 | Category : Notes
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Recently, I entered my post 15 Tips to Prevent Repetitive Strain Injury and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in the Lists Group Writing Project at Litemind. The entries below are my favorites from the other submissions.

To Do To Make Tomorrow Better
7 Powerful Tips to Overcome Failure
ten things i didn’t know until last week
40 ways to make [...]

Writing Demons

Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 8:00 | Category : Creativity, Writing
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Author Lynn Viehl posted today about the importance of balancing inspiration and practicality in writing. She brings the point to vivid life by describing the demons Necessity and Creativity, who pull her writing chariot:
“Generally Creativity gets all the credit for the success of the journey — something that would never have happened without Necessity’s [...]

Writer’s Strike Video

Tuesday, 27 November 2007, 8:00 | Category : Writing
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I apologize, but my posting is going to be a little light this week so I can spend as much time as possible working on my novel.
If you haven’t yet seen this video about the Writers Guild of America strike from the Daily Show writers, it’s worth watching, both for the humor and for the [...]

NaNoWriMo Report #4

Monday, 26 November 2007, 8:00 | Category : NaNoWriMo
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This is my fourth report on my progress toward my goal of completing a 50,000 word novel by November 30 as part of National Novel Writing Month. Read more of my thoughts on NaNoWriMo.
It’s not looking so great. My word count is stalled at just over 30,000 words. Yesterday was supposed to be [...]