I started blogging in 2004 -- or was it 2005 -- or was it 2003. Anyway, I’m not a newbie by any means. As a personal blogger, one of my major activities should and is traveling through the blogosphere visiting other blogs and writing comments about what I’ve read. It’s known as common courtesy. They …
Focusing on Description
Over at Fiction University, Janice Hardy challenges her readers with writing exercises. Actually, she calls them prompts but she always wants the participants to concentrate on specific perspectives. I usually pass these activities by because I feel I’m doing okay on the particular focus for that time around. However, I’ve been struggling with descriptions as …
The Recognition of Goals
It was a week ago this last Sunday that I posted the entry, Clashing to Fulfill Goals. I told you how I was taking chances by not making goals for myself. Skipping down the road of life dealing with things as they appear had become my norm since the kids had grown and ventured out …
After the Draft – Do I Have To?
I’m browse over to Janice Hardy’s blog, Fiction University on occasion. This last Thursday she had Dario Ciriello at her site discussing the grueling hassles of marketing for the self-published author. I have yet to publish a book, but the vision of what self marketing is going to be like once I do have a …
Are You Meant For This?
If you’re not a serious writer, this post may still be able to talk to you. Just apply it to that work you’re so passionate about, or at least have thought you were. § Of course, as a writing, most of the blogs I read are penned by writers -- not all, but most. Many …
A Scripted Maze 