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Revision Woes

I found a missing chunk in the novel I’m revising. It’s an entire day. Like, as in, my characters wake up, and then in the next scene, they wake up again. (The waking up part is fine. Sleep is a portal to hell. The characters still don’t know that it is hell. You know how

Cooking With Gas

22OctoberKaren2 Commentswriting

Suddenly, all the plans I made “Before” and all the things I was going to do sound much more important than they did, back then. I was mumbling about going on a long hike, or at least, a couple of weeks to go watch the baby animals being born. And then… we hunkered down. Well,

No, You Cannot Have My Friend’s Phone Number.

20OctoberKarenwriting

My mother, who recently turned 39 again, is gearing up for the high school reunion which got put on hold for the duration of the pandemic. As a part of that, the reunion chair has been sending out mass mailings begging people to turn in the classmates that the “committee” hasn’t heard from, yet. It’s

Pet Ownership in the Time of Coronavirus

15OctoberKarenwriting

I’ve decided I’m not really the post-apocalyptic wasteland kind of girl. I do okay with the solitude and the book-reading, and I’m mostly okay with the zombies and the roving bands of cannibals…. But this stock up and plan in advance thing? That’s not really working out. I ordered a 40 pound bag of cat

Getting Closer to the Goal

13OctoberKaren2 Commentswriting

I’m really hitting the revision with force, right now. Now that I’m past that last little bit of oops, that is. As it turns out, my poor main character really is going to be attacked by supernatural entities twice in a single day. I’d tried to turn the scenes into ONE scene, and that just

Bullet Journal Beginnings

10OctoberKarenwriting

I got the notebook I’ll be using for my 2021 bullet journal yesterday. It’s another Leuchtturm 1917, and this time around, I went for the color “berry.” The first bullet journal I had was an impulse. In fact, I actually bought a “traditional” planner to go with it, just in case. The second time around

IWSG: WORKING WRITERS

7OctoberKaren11 Commentswriting

The awesome co-hosts for the October 7 posting of the IWSG are Jemima Pett, Beth Camp, Beverly Stowe McClure, and Gwen Gardner! October 7 question – When you think of the term working writer, what does that look like to you? What do you think it is supposed to look like? Do you see yourself

Events and Happenings

3OctoberKaren2 Commentswriting

One of my stories was accepted for the Halloween episode of the Alone in a Room With Invisible People podcast… And AIRWIP is ending. Don’t hyperventilate. My story will still be presented, but there won’t be any more podcast episodes after Halloween. I think it had a good run, as two-person podcasts go. And… Now

Short Stories, Podcasts, and Nano.

26SeptemberKarenwriting

I got my short story in for Alone In a Room With Invisible People’s Halloween Podcast today. I’m ahead of schedule, so I’m feeling particularly pleased with myself. They have some amazing voice talent that really makes the stories come alive. I spend a lot of time looking forward to the podcast, and maybe, this

The Little Things That Paint the Clearest Picture

21SeptemberKaren4 Commentswriting

I saw a humming bird, the other day. It was early in the morning, and I’d just gotten done putting my hammock up. I heard him fly a little too close, and looked around for a bug. It had to be a bug…. right? No. It was not. Here’s this bird–little silver fellow–hovering right about

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Revision Woes

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