Tonight is another Writers' Night Out meeting, and my rewrite of Wrecked seems to have run aground. I know there's no substitute for sitting-butt-in-chair, but this week, I'm going to fire up some of my favorite YouTube writing talks from Jim Butcher, and see if that helps push my writing inspiration off into deep waters... Continue Reading →
MM – Joyeux anniversaire de Saint-Exupéry
One hundred and fifteen years ago today, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born. My French copy of Le Petit Prince has gone to that wicked big library in the sky, but I still have my circa 1980s copy of The Little Prince - In the interest of keeping this post short and sweet, so I can... Continue Reading →
FF – I heart this Scott Cunningham quote
I'm working furiously to raise my Draenei Paladin to level 100 rewrite my novel, Wrecked for the Clarion Write-a-Thon. To help my process, along with my Microblog Mondays, and Wordless Wednesdays, I'm instituting Fractional Fridays whenever necessary until August 1st. Think Fandom Friday in a quick, I like this thing, here's a picture of it,... Continue Reading →
MM – Write-a-Thon oopsie
Oopsie! Yesterday, whilst waiting for the Father's Day bacon to be done bakin' (yes, in the oven, using a roaster pan and parchment paper - OMG, yum!), I checked my email and found one from the Clarion Foundation, which began - "Dear Traci, Today is Week 1, Day 1, of the Sixth Annual Clarion Write-a-Thon."... Continue Reading →
MM – Write-a-Thon
Hubby put together a brand new computer for me today (thanks hon!), so while I'm busy getting things situated, I'm doing another #MicroblogMondays style post. Below is my Facebook status update from June 11th - As many of you are aware, I'm a huge NaNoWriMo proponent. If it weren't for the gang at the Office... Continue Reading →