Story Grid Takeaways: Genre Provides

11 Oct 2016

This weekend I finished reading Shawn Coyne's The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know. I have already listened to all The Story Grid podcast epis...

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Snippet: Bookstore

06 Oct 2016

I stalk between the aisles of paperbacks, hunting ghosts. A lonely, bored bookstore clerk shadows me, the first possible customer in hours. The ...

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When Life Gives You Lemons, Do It Anyway

04 Oct 2016

If you've been following closely, I don't think it's any secret that I've been having a rough time of writing lately. Slowing down to edit and revi...

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Snippet: Trails

29 Sep 2016

I am alone but surrounded by the evidence that I could never be alone. Cars hum in the distance, a murmur beneath the cricket and bird songs. The p...

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When is it done?

27 Sep 2016

Recently I picked up the podcast The Story Grid as part of my subscription list (and promptly had to delete a dozen other podcasts because I ha...

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Anything Worth Doing...

20 Sep 2016

At some point over the summer, I decided that I wanted to be done with book one of my space opera series at the end of September. I plan to publish...

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Snippet: Space Ruins

15 Sep 2016

I am delaying. Taking readings on the same scrub brush that we have collected readings on for days. Dead. Complex roots held it to the surface o...

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Finish Line

13 Sep 2016

I find myself careening toward a self-assigned deadline. I declared that I would finish this first book for September 30th. October 1st will launch...

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Snippet: On the Dock

08 Sep 2016

I am here, as promised. The morning is cold, the fog thick. In a few hours - maybe in only minutes - the sun will burn through and the lake will ap...

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Snippet: Pedicure

01 Sep 2016

I am luckily not a lobster. Hot water churns, jet-stirred. Lavender and lemon rise to my nostrils, I inhale deeply. I sip water. I read, check m...

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