Of all the corpses I’d seen in six years as a news reporter, Lily Kimball’s hit me the hardest.
This is the opening line of my 2009 NaNovel–like it?
Yes, National Novel Writing Month is ON! Sign-ups are still being taken on site, so if you’ve got a novel in you that you’ve always wanted to get [...]
Posts Tagged ‘writing’
2 Nov
Off and running!
16 Oct
Moving ahead, pen/keyboard in hand
Halfway through October, and I’ve finished a first draft of my newest novel manuscript, a women’s fiction story about a downsized lawyer who meets a younger man dying of cancer and how they change each other’s lives. It’s about the longest first draft I’ve ever had at more than 75,000 words. I’m very pleased with [...]
6 Sep
For love or money?
Thirty-five years ago, I received my first check for a piece of writing. The Peru Tribune paid me five bucks for a sweet little piece about my grandmother’s Indiana farm. It was hokey as hell. But they printed it. And they paid me.
That’s the big dream of a lot of writers–to be able to earn [...]
17 Jun
Waiting
Some people dwell on the past. Some people obsess about the present. Me, I seem to be always looking ahead, waiting.
I’m the family planner, so I’ve got many, many things that are coming. Doctor appointments, haircuts, prescription refills, family gatherings–all of them waiting to happen, but on my mind now, to make sure they’re [...]
1 Jun
Three More Hours a Day? Maybe? Please?
I’ve been a fan of science fiction as far back as I can remember.
My favorite tv show as a child was Lost in Space. (Now I just gave away my age…) Then the Trek franchise began. I read Heinlein and Norton, Tolkien and Herbert, L’Engle and Spider Robinson and dozens of others I don’t remember [...]
1 May
Getting around
While some may use a blog as a place to just spew all that awful emotional crap that you don’t feel your loved ones deserve to enjoy, most of us hope that our blog will be read by others, and the more “others” the better. This is one of the reasons to engage in the [...]
24 Jan
How many ends does that candle have??
“It’s better to burn out than it is to rust.”
These words, attributed to Neil Young, embody my usual philosophy. There isn’t much time– fill as many minutes as you can with usefulness. I’ve driven several family members mad with my need to be constantly “doing.” Personally, I don’t see this as a flaw. It’s [...]
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