Postcards from Mountain House

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Northward Through Mirkwood
On consuming The Hobbit with our five-year-old, retyping my book, and processing fear through stories
Nov 18, 2025 • Rachel Lyon
Revision (2): Coincidence and Boredom
On getting stuck in the manuscript's "baggy middle" and trying to reignite the spark.
May 16, 2025 • Rachel Lyon
Notes on Revision
Some thoughts on Round 2!, that first real round of revision after one has assembled a decent first draft.
Mar 17, 2025 • Rachel Lyon
A Final Countdown
Book promotion in an apocalypse; social media; the FRUIT OF THE DEAD life cycle enters its final stage.
Jan 16, 2025 • Rachel Lyon
Postcard from Paris
On Paris, the pros and cons of measuring progress quantitatively, writing daily, the question of "Influence," and one small, concerned gnome on a snail.
Oct 25, 2024 • Rachel Lyon
[x] Steps Forward, [y] Steps Back
On incremental, nonlinear progress
Sep 3, 2024 • Rachel Lyon
In the Pocket(s)
Getting our creative work done however we can.
Jul 24, 2024 • Rachel Lyon
Events, events, events!
Folks, she's a busy lady.
May 30, 2024 • Rachel Lyon
Postcards from Mountain House
Postcards from Mountain House
Notes on writing, thinking, and life.
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