Pantsing and Plotting

I post every week. I’ve done this for several years now (Which reminds me that it would be interesting to know – for me at least – how long I’ve been at this). So you’d think that, when the time comes to post here, it wouldn’t catch me by surprise. But it does. Surprise might …

Every Question is a Door.

Words have power. If you’re a regular reader of this blog (Thanks!) you’ve certainly heard that from me. I’d wager that if you’re part of the writing community even at the most tangential level you’ve heard that somewhere before. It’s a common concept in Fantasy: once you know the True Name of something you have …

Five-Thing Thursday: April 1st

Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1:  Wales Won the Six Nations Championship!! Huge thanks to Scotland for beating France! Thing #2:  Scrivener for Windows v 3.0 is out after a very long delay. I’ve got it downloaded, but I’m hesitant …

You Do You

I’m kind of a Big Deal. Ok, actually, I’m probably the exact opposite of “Big Deal” but if you swing around my neck of the woods and ask about the guy with the really red hair who walks the back roads out here, a surprising number of folks will know who you’re talking about. Well, …

Unplugged

On the first of the month, I started going for walks. I’ve been doing it pretty much every day. I’ll stretch out the tendons, plug in my earbuds, and hit the road for a few miles (round trip). What’s playing you might ask? Sometimes it’s music, other times it’s audiobooks or podcasts, but it’s always …