Attention all novelists! November is upon us! (No, seriously. It’s all-up-ons. Like hot chicks on Strong Bad.) Come one, come all! Join me in the whirlwind mayhem that is: writing 50,000 words in 30 days – National Novel Writing Month! I’m excited – can you tell? I’ve gone to great lengths to prepare for this[…]
Some of us have a hard time coming up with ideas. The blank page. The pristine canvas. That dreaded waiting, blinking cursor. But there are others with no shortage of ideas. Maybe you’re one of them, drowning in so many projects (and potential projects) that you can’t possibly complete all of them in one lifetime.[…]
Artistic endeavors are often solitary projects. We sit alone with our… (choose your own instrument of expression)… and we seek to purge our souls of whatever has been fighting to be set free. We work feverishly (or leisurely) to create and at some point declare our creation “finished.” However, sometimes it just doesn’t feel finished. […]