Come on, #stlnano , we need more great American Novels from Missouri 🙂 #writing #locationlocationlocation
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“Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.
Standard“Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.” Neil Gaiman, who celebrates a birthday today and says good things. #stlnano #writing #lifegoals
For those of you who have a finished novel to polish, or want to write and edit one before the end of January.
StandardFor those of you who have a finished novel to polish, or want to write and edit one before the end of January… #stlnano #nanowrimo #writing
What makes you write? #stlnano #writing #nanowrimo
StandardWhat makes you write? #stlnano #writing #nanowrimo
A lot of this rings true for me.
StandardA lot of this rings true for me. English class was easy; most classes were, until they weren’t, and now I’m left wondering how I made it through college at all. #writing #reading #school #education #stlnano #gifted #untiliwasnt
#writing prompt: The lights dimmed when I walked into the room. #stlnano
Standard#writing prompt: The lights dimmed when I walked into the room. #stlnano
Who’s #writing instead of watching election returns? #stlnano
StandardWho’s #writing instead of watching election returns? #stlnano
Uncharted
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This song has been earworming around my head all day and now it has inspired a story snippet. Don’t know where it will go, and of course it’s fantasy. Just recording it here for motivation.
We were in uncharted territory now. The tales and fishwives said the witch could be found beyond the borders of the world, and we had passed the last marker of the great King’s odyssey leagues ago. The fishwives also told us we were courting insanity by leaving what we knew, but finding a hypothetical witch was better than dying, so we walked off the edge of the map.
something learned
StandardMore pithiness from Neil Gaiman. Gotta reread American Gods sometime.
…I saved the document on the computer, and I realised I’d finished writing a book.
I wondered what I’d learned, and found myself remembering something Gene Wolfe had told me, six months earlier. “You never learn how to write a novel,” he said. “You just learn how to write the novel that you’re writing.”
This housing search has really put a crimp in my reading and writing schedule. I’ve only read 4 books this month so far, and I don’t think I’ve done any writing at all. I know I had some ideas, though…hopefully they’ll wait until figure out my living situation. And when I have a house…maybe I’ll have a dedicated writing room. Here’s hoping.
oddities
StandardGot an email from Friere Jesus today. mmm, spam.
Also cleaning out a smelly freezer. Joy.
But the over-priced Josh Groban CD that I got from Hallmark last night was worth it. Even if only for one song. Or two.
It makes me sad to realize that I haven’t written a word of T6R since January. Nothing saved to a file, anyway. There are all sorts of notes and things written on my last hard copy. So if I lose my bag, I’m SOL. But there are other things on my mind. Soon, I hope, I’ll have some time to devote to writing.
(Listening to Josh Groban’s With You)