I can’t write right now. My brain is just…empty. Nothing’s coming. Nothing’s there. My thoughts wander aimlessly and the most passion I can muster is for the self-loathing I feel… Read more What To Do When The Words Aren’t There #amwriting →
Here’s the one that did it for me. No great coincidence that it’s a YA novel. Not just a YA novel – but one of the all-time great YA novels.… Read more What Book Made You Want To Be A Writer? →
From: Work in Progress 1 Line Wednesday Topic: Memory
From: Traveler Swoon Reads/MacMillan Feb 2017 1 Line Wednesday Topic: Memory
I spent most of the weekend beating myself up over the fact that I haven’t written more. And then I closed up the laptop, did some Christmas baking, watched a… Read more Self-Doubt, Procrastination And Writer’s Block – The Vicious Circle →
He’s iconic. The name alone is sure to be mentioned in a string if someone is talking about the greats. And though he died too young and haunted by too… Read more MasterClass Monday: Ernest Hemingway Tells Us How To Write Fiction →
I’m going to be spending my weekend trying to sort out just how my main characters utterly wreck each other. I don’t take this lightly. It’s important to build… Read more I Know How They Fall In Love – Now I Need To Figure Out How They Hurt Each Other →
Last night was an odd one. My sleep was interrupted by a minor heart attack, and then when I did finally return to dreamland, all hell broke loose. But in… Read more Never Underestimate The Power Of A Really Funky Dream →