Depends on how you look at it. Anywhere from 3 months to 50 years in the case of my first novel. Here’s how it breaks down. Fifty years: In 1972, Mr. Durand, my English teacher, gave me an A on a short story and asked …
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It’s 11:00 am and I’m feeling like I’m falling behind already. Except, that when I wrote it down, it didn’t look so bad. Can’t shake the feeling, though. The ADHD filter through which I view my life and its accomplishments sometimes lies to me. So, …
Read MoreWriting as a Way of Life
A few years ago I listened to a Masterclass with David Baldacci called Mystery and Thriller Writing. He had a lot of good things to say, but the thing that struck me was when he said that writing isn’t a job or an occupation or …
Read MoreFun With ADHD
I’ve been looking for my other set of summer bedclothes for weeks. Weeks! I have been washing the one set and putting them back on the bed. I usually switch for a little variety. But, I could not find the second set. The purple set. …
Read MoreWriter in Residence
I spent a couple of days trying to find people who would give me a place to stay and maybe a little money, or at least food. In return for this I would write. I don’t know what they get out of the deal, but …
Read MoreOde to a Fitness Ball
I like multipurpose things. Combo printer/scanner/photocopier. Swiss army knives. Husbands who can cook and knit and do plumbing and electrical work. In my office/guest room/writing room (another multipurpose thing) I have one of those gymnastics/fitness balls that you can sit on. My massage therapist suggested …
Read MoreGo Hi-Tech or Go Home
The thing that’s going to kill me in this indie author/self-publishing gig is the technology. Some of it’s great. I am old enough to remember typing term papers for money while in high school. (On a manual typewriter. Uphill. Both ways.) I love me a …
Read More“You vill pup-lish your book in ze correct manner or you vill receive no ISBNs!”
I was over at the website for the German agent for ISBN distribution. I’m reading the FAQs and all that. Trying to figure out how this all works and when in the process of pubishing I have to buy them. I come across this sentence, …
Read MoreThings My Hubby and I Talk About
Every morning my husband and I walk the dog. We chat during the walk. Today we talked about words people say wrong and words people use incorrectly. We lead very exciting lives. He reads on TikTok every evening. Mostly fantasy novels. His TikTok handle is …
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