Karen, Author at Reprobate Typewriter

IWSG: The Worst Genre For Me to Write

7SeptemberKaren5 CommentswritingIWSG, worst genres, writing preferences

The awesome co-hosts for the September 7 posting of the IWSG are Kim Lajevardi, Cathrina Constantine, Natalie Aguirre, Olga Godim, Michelle Wallace, and Louise – Fundy Blue! September 7 question – What genre would be the worst one for you to tackle and why? Oh, I definitely know the answer to this one. Romance would be the one that I’m least capable

Ribbit!

24AugustKarentravel#photo, #wordlesswednesday, art

The View from The Tower

12AugustKaren2 Commentswriting

I hit the other observation deck at Mahoney State park this weekend. So, here’s the view from the top. The thing does sway a little bit in the breeze, but not so much that you’d notice, if you just keep looking straight ahead. (Okay. Not so much that I’d notice. I have a pretty solid

Find the Toad

10AugustKarenwriting#wordlesswednesday, animals, hiking, toad, Wordless Wednesday

IWSG: What Readers Want

3AugustKaren6 Commentswritingamwriting, insecurities, IWSG, readers

The awesome co-hosts for the August 3 posting of the IWSG are Tara Tyler, Lisa Buie Collard, Loni Townsend, and Lee Lowery! August 3 question – When you set out to write a story, do you try to be more original or do you try to give readers what they want? Well, shoot. You can’t really get behind the way

And August Begins…

1AugustKarenwriting

So, here we go. The start of a new month. I’m taking another swing at that elusive “perfect organizational system” and trying to condense everything I need to keep track of into a daily format. (Yes, the spreads are lovely… ish… or at least, trendy….ish. But the thing where my day is scattered across four

In Which I Suspect Malfeasance

29JulyKarenwriting

My running light went missing somewhere between sunrise and sunset, and it’s been driving me nuts ever since. There’s something about waking up and realizing just before you have to leave that the thing that keeps you from getting run over by cars isn’t there. There’s something worse about involuntarily going out without it. I’m

Tales of A Failed Phone Fairy

11JulyKaren1 Commentwriting

It’s my sad fate to be the neighborhood’s unwilling tech-maven, and lately… I’ve been wrestling with phones. There are two basic truths to phones: 1.) It might be good to replace your phone before the power switch stops working. and 2.) Stop breaking your phone by looking at cut-rate porn. The lady’s phone number has

8JulyKarenwriting

I have been watching the news and working the day job today, and I really didn’t get much else done. Well, a page here and there, and some more plodding toward a revised draft of the book du jour. Why is it always the day when you have the least time that the really fun

IWSG: Which World?

6JulyKaren11 Commentswritingchildren's books, insecurities, IWSG, worlds

The awesome co-hosts for the July 6 posting of the IWSG are J Lenni Dorner, Janet Alcorn, PJ Colando, Jenni Enzor, and Diane Burton! Hi, everybody! I’m still around. I’m busy revising some short stories… and a novel… and doing all the dull, mundane writer-y stuff that no one wants to hear about. Okay. Fine. I’m obsessing over my Submission Grinder

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IWSG: The Worst Genre For Me to Write

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