• Tuesday Tidbits

    The freedom of writing

    I love how writing evolves as you write. Like a long, winding road  you’ve heard of, but never driven before. The farther you drive, the more you wind, the freer you become. Like a mountain or lake you’ve never been to but plan to visit; you have a vague idea of what’s in the area, and even a plan and…

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    Why writing is like Sudoku: Tuesday Tidbits

    You know Sudoku, right? That highly addictive little numbers game where you have to fill in 9 squares with numbers 1 through 9, AND make sure that each vertical and horizontal line ALSO has the numbers 1 through 9 without repeating. It’s mind numbing fun. But how is it compared to writing? When you fill in the blanks on a…

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    NaNoWriMo

    #NaNoWriMo is here. Most of you reading this, who are not authors are like…NaNo what? November is National Novel Writing Month, where millions of authors and would-be authors sit down and try to pen or type out an entire novel in one month. When I say a novel in a month, I don’t mean a completely finished novel just a…