It’s the famous question every writer hears over and over, even unpublished ones like me. A few days before my first NaNo, I told my mother-in-law that I didn’t have a story yet, but I wasn’t worried, something would come. And it did, the night before, so I wrote out a couple of paragraphs about [...]
Despite evidence to the contrary, I have not forgotten yet again that I have a blog. I’ve been playing with the sidebar, see? —–> But more importantly, I’ve been working on other writing projects. Not, of course, on the ones I’m “supposed” to be working on, but that’s nothing new. I [...]
One of my worst procrastination habits is testing new writing software. I’m an organizational freak and can’t be content with just opening a new document and typing. I need a program that lets me make timelines, outlines, and keep detailed character notes as well as all my research close to hand. Also, I prefer to [...]
By far the most popular post on Here to Create is Resources for Fiction Writing, which I posted at the start of NaNoWriMo 2007. I flinch a little every time I see it’s still the most popular post, because I’ve known for a while that it has a lot of dead links.
So as a belated [...]
Well, as usual I’ve completely ignored any kind of logical progress toward clearly defined goals. Last year, I decided to go easy on myself and just make it my goal to keep writing and keep learning. That, at least, I’ve done.
Writing-wise, I finished the first draft of my 2008 NaNo, HUNTED MOON, around March. I [...]
