Tag: Musing
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Deep Dive II
If somebody asks which part of my writing process I enjoy most, I say in all sincerity, “Oh, ____, for sure” (whichever phase I’m currently in). I mean, it’s impossible for me to pinpoint why I’m so eager to write for the lion’s share of my scarce free time & even sleep time. But the…
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Close Enough for Rock & Roll
Ever find yourself lost in thought, only to be interrupted by somebody else’s favorite line setting up shop in your memory? Just the other day I was nonchalantly slogging through the latest round of proofreading my serialized companion novel about to be released on Kindle Vella when out of the blue, I heard my uncle’s…
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Latest Interruption
One thing I have going for me on my writing journey is that I openly embrace the various interruptions I experience as simply a part of life—besides, I’m pretty much powerless to stop them. I can’t remember the last day that passed without at least one unexpected twist & turn taking a toll on my…
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Shenanigans
Who says the life of an independent author without a competent, affordable editor in the wings has to be boring? Why, I just got to spend the last two hours poring over my serialized novel deciding whether hyphens should be in descriptors like nail-biting, or between color adjectives like red & white, or not be…
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I, Edithead
OK, so I made all that up. But why not give edithead a chance to join its well-established, illustrious kin like Deadhead, hardhead, egghead, & __head? (I imagine you just generated your own mental list of cousin words, some of which are no doubt excellent for venting or starting a fight.) I’m fully aware that…
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Back in the Saddle
I’m sure I could come up with a viable excuse for not having posted here of late. After all, I do spend a fair amount of time writing fiction which, it might be argued, is akin to weaving together random excuses with character arcs, plot twists, & doses of action. But the truth of the…
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Interference
Here of late, I’ve been dabbling in the field of memory research in preparation for a new project I’m exploring. While doing so, I’ve been curious about the role memory plays in fiction writing—notably my own. In the past, I’ve been frustrated by my struggles to remember the names of real individuals not long after…
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My Own Devices
Sometimes when I reach a milestone on my self-publishing journey, I celebrate the moment with abandon. At other times, however, I find myself grumbling that it actually means very little when viewed through the lens of the woes of the outside world. It comes as no surprise that those challenging moments can lead to an…
