Writing Excuses– “Fifteen minutes long, because you’re in a hurry, and we’re not that smart” Everything a catchphrase for a podcast should be – except accurate. With hosts Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Howard Taylor, and introducing Mary Robinette Kowal in later seasons, this writing podcast (which sometimes strays into the…
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I am at one of those weird places where I am simultaneously reading 3 books, and don’t know what I want to read. I am also feeling unsure about my writing. About the books I am reading: The Name Of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss- audiobook. I started this one…
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Originally posted on my writing livejournal site, nanoweylyn.livejournal.com, this is a story I wrote for a flash fiction contest. The Finish That Thought contest happens every Tuesday, and you are given the first line from which to create a story of up to 500 words. I always like seeing what…
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I am currently working on a short story. I started it at the beginning of June, and have been working on it off and on since then. There were some days that I had what felt like productive writing sessions, even if I did have to literally start with “once…
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The following is a post I made on an earlier iteration of the CrushedMuffin site. Below the post, I will toss in my current-state two-cents; what the “now” me thinks about what the “then” me wrote. [cryout-pullquote align=”center” textalign=”left” width=”80%”] My Thoughts On Why I Write POSTED 10-AUGUST-2002 I think…
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A while back a friend of mine gave me a Daruma doll he picked up on his most recent trip to Japan. When I received it, the eyes were blank. Following what my friend told me, I set a wish/goal that I wanted to achieve as I filled in one…
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I have been struggling lately to use my time to do the things that I aspire to do with my time. Instead I squander my time on the enjoyable activities (e.g. binge watching Veronica Mars) because, dang it, I deserve to pamper myself. But if you do it all the…