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Because Joss Whedon Is God
Read more: Because Joss Whedon Is GodI’ve been struggling with a lovely little bout of writer’s block this past week or so. It really hasn’t been pretty, and I’m not sure I’m seeing much of a light at the end of the tunnel. So I decided to revamp my blog and make it more website-y without paying hundreds of dollars. That…
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Good News For Writers (And Bloggers, Too)!
Read more: Good News For Writers (And Bloggers, Too)!So I stumbled upon this awesome article from Arts.Mic about the health benefits of writing. It starts off with, “No matter the quality of your prose, the act of writing itself leads to strong physical and mental health benefits.” Now, I have to say I was trying very hard not to laugh when I first read…
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Welp, I lasted almost a month without coffee…
Read more: Welp, I lasted almost a month without coffee…… And this week I gave in to the addiction again. I was doing so well. (Reality: I was telling myself and everyone around me I was doing well as I poured my fifth cup of black tea while quietly weeping inside.) But this Monday morning, something broke within me. I trudged into…
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Those Victorians Had Quite The Potty Mouths On ‘Em
Read more: Those Victorians Had Quite The Potty Mouths On ‘EmSo yesterday, while on a drunk train from San Diego to LA (long story), I began my sequel to “Becoming Light.” This one is already much, much different from the first, which might be facing some more heavy edits. Emma is now speaking in first person present, which so far has been a huge improvement…
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Writing Is My Personal Therapist
Read more: Writing Is My Personal TherapistSo one of the big reasons I started seriously writing again was because my brain was all messed up. (I say “messed up” because I didn’t actually have any psychological problems, but I was going through some bothersome life stuff.) Anyway, I’d written little books and stories since childhood, as many of you may already…
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One Of Those Happy Writer Moments
Read more: One Of Those Happy Writer MomentsOne of my favorite parts of the writing process is getting feedback. Not necessarily the “it was great” stuff, (though that’s always nice 🙂 ), but the really constructive comments. This weekend I received some awesome feedback from two readers who had so many theories about how my new book will end (they haven’t finished…
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Five Agently Things I’ve Learned So Far
Read more: Five Agently Things I’ve Learned So FarIt’s been a little over two years since I started seriously writing fiction. Sure, I’ve dabbled in it since I was a kid. I even filled out one of those black and white composition notebooks with the story of a girl facing the harshness of the Plague when I was ten. (I was a strange…
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Beginning Again
Read more: Beginning AgainSo I’ve been bad. We all know it’s been far too long since I’ve posted. I guess you could say Los Angeles caught me up and spun me around. I kept jumping for jobs any place I could, forgetting what was most important all for that desperation to pay bills and afford pretty things. That…
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Beautiful
Read more: BeautifulJust scraped together a sad scene: Her room was darkened with aging photos layered on top of each other, blanketing the walls with color and the flesh of a girl who no longer existed. A ghost. She reached from her bed and traced her fingers over her favorite: a twenty-something version of her posing with…
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