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Clarification…
Back in 2010, I wrote a series of blogs called “The questions I ask myself…” which was, not surprisingly, about questions I ask myself about characters. If you want a reference, go here, here, and here. Apparently, someone went through the series the other day because I received this question: Is this how you start your characters or end your characters? I’m trying to get started writing a novel and I’m not sure where to begin. Unfortunately, as the email wasn’t signed and it was one of those string-of-numbers@qq emails, I have absolutely no idea who sent the question. Whoever it was, thanks for asking. I’m always happy to answer…
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Me in a nutshell…
I tend to live my life a little bit differently from your average person. It may just be my perspective or it may be my choices. The two are certainly tied together. I am a perfectionist. This is why I continue writing and rewriting. Day in and day out. I write. I paint. I draw. I rarely show any of it to anyone. Unless it’s as close to perfect as I can make it, I never show anyone my creative work. I really ought to work on that, but unless someone were to ask specifically and I were to trust them explicitly, I doubt that’ll change. I’m ADD. Yes, this…
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On Long Absences and Things that Make Me Smile…
I realized the other day that I hadn’t posted here for round about five months. This made me a touch sad. Then, I realized why I hadn’t posted, and that made me happy. So, then, obviously, I needed to post about it. 😛 I’ve been writing a LOT. I did another class through Gotham. This helped me figure out why my prologue was making me annoyed enough that I wanted to hurl it’s digital pages into a tornado and watch them spin and then be crushed by a flying cow or tractor or something else large and heavy. That solved, things are flowing again and I think this may be…
