1,066 words and I don’t think I’ll be doing nanowrimo this year

I put in about a thousand words.  I’m at a point in the story right now where a lot of stuff starts happening.  There are about three or four new characters that I want to introduce, and I have all these great ideas about how to do it, about who they really are, what ideas… Continue reading 1,066 words and I don’t think I’ll be doing nanowrimo this year

400 words, but hey

400 words tonight. I tried, really I did, to write more, but after a while I simply became completely incoherent. It seems like my brain shuts down and goes to sleep before my body. Towards the end (as in the moment before I wrote this blog post), my mind was just swimming. I couldn’t think… Continue reading 400 words, but hey

miniscule progress

Busybusybusybusybusy!!!!  But, I did write a little.  Mostly, though, I was busy today with homework and the writing group.  We had an AWESOME meeting that I’ll write about tomorrow (inshallah), but it left me really drained and tired.  I did take a few useful suggestions, though, and that’s really what I worked on mostly this… Continue reading miniscule progress

This show made me retch

Alright, this isn’t necessarily related to anything I’m writing, or anything science fiction / fantasy, or even writing in general, but it got such a strong reaction out of me that I had to blog about it, and this seemed like an appropriate place. There is this excellent radio show each week on NPR called… Continue reading This show made me retch

Rgggh!!! No time!!!!

Nope, no progress on the story today. !!!!حرام!!! حرام Shame!!! Shame!!!! And there are like four or five things I’d like to blog on as well. WHY do I never do the important things until 1:00 am?! Shame!!!! Well, the news that I DO have is that I’ve decided to start organizing my life better.… Continue reading Rgggh!!! No time!!!!

Why are writers so self conscious?

This is something I’ve noticed: that aspiring writers are generally introverted and very self conscious–to the point even of being fragile. It’s hard for them to feel confident and very easy for them to feel depressed because they think that their writing is all bad. I’ve been in the same boat–and now that my latest… Continue reading Why are writers so self conscious?

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