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Elsewhere, a blog on walking

No one here will be surprised at this post that I wrote for  Writer Unboxed.   I knew some of you would enjoy reading it, but keep forgetting to post a link here.

The Writer’s Toolbox: Walking

One of the number one requirements of a commercial fiction career is that you must reliably produce [...]

August 29th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: A Writer Afoot, Practicalities, Writing life | Comments are closed

The last month of a book and Pikes Peak Writers Conference

Two news tidbits this morning: 

Monthly blog post up at Writer Unboxed:  The Last Month of a Book (or “I am pregnant beyond all ability to describe it” ). Which I wrote Monday. 

Tuesday morning, the Pikes Peak Writers Conference called with an emergency. One of their keynote speakers is unable to fly and [...]

April 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: A Writer Afoot, Writing life | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

Blogging today at Writer Unboxed

My subject is writing pace.  What’s you writing pace? Do you know?

Read the blog here: http://writerunboxed.com/2009/03/25/the-pace-of-you/

March 25th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Weblogs, Writing nuts and bolts | Comments are closed

Reclaiming the magic of writing at Writer Unboxed today

Wrote a piece on reclaiming the joy of writing for my monthly blog at Writer Unboxed today.  If you’re in the doldrums, check it out.  If you’re not in the doldrums and know how to help others out, please go and tell everyone how you do it.

Things I’m considering: when to schedule more [...]

January 28th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Weblogs, Writing life | Comments are closed

A lyrical post to uplift spirits battered by the bad news day

At Writer Unboxed, Sophie Masson posted an essay so earthy and heady it made me dizzy:

http://writerunboxed.com/2008/10/08/natural-magic-inspiration-from-the-animal-world/

October 9th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Writing life | One comment - (Comments are closed)