The Next Big Thing – Initiate of Stone
My friend, Kim Fahner tagged me in this project in which the writer answers questions about their work and then tags other authors to blog their “next big thing” in turn. So I’m going to victimize tag...
View Article2012 in review
Interesting that this should come out only days after I compiled my own Best of 2012 :) Happy New Year everyone! I’m off to the sister-in-law’s for a partay! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys...
View ArticleWhat a lovely way to start the New Year!
Hey y’all! Jay Morris of The Wayward Journey nominated Writerly Goodness for the Sunshine Award :) As Jay says in his post, it was the result one of his resolutions: to encourage other bloggers and...
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I’ve enjoyed Khara House’s challenges before. Her October submit-o-rama was a hit :) Khara’s really good at sussing out what her community might need and delivering it while playing to her strengths....
View ArticleWriter tech: Converting from WordPress.com to WordPress.org
In my continuing indecision regarding whether to make the leap to WordPress.org or not, I’ve been doing some research. Gemma Hawdon has graciously consented to let me post our conversation. I’m sure...
View ArticleCaturday quickies: The super sweet blogging award
So here I am, almost a month later, and I’m finally getting around to taking care of this sweet little bit of business. I got another blogging award! So here are the rules: I must thank the person who...
View Article2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 13,000...
View ArticleGeeking out and gearing up
Last week, I wrote about my accomplishments in 2013. Now I’m going to write a bit about what I want to accomplish in 2014. First, I have to tell you about a few things I picked up. One of the rewards...
View ArticleThe next chapter: March 2014 update
Today was, indeed, a glorious new day. This morning, the sun was shining, the high for the day was predicted to be above zero degrees Celsius (it turned out to be plus six), and Phil made me...
View ArticleMuse-inks
One of the comments I received on my monthly writing update, The Next Chapter, has prompted me to write this post. The comment was: I’m learning a lesson from this, have seen it happen to many others,...
View Article2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 9,900...
View ArticleThe next chapter: March 2015 update
Last month, I wrote about how I was reprioritizing my life because I’d made the realization that pouring all my creative energy into the day-job was not making me happy. It wasn’t getting me any closer...
View ArticleWordsmith Studio third anniversary blog hop
Alrightie, then! Three years ago, Wordsmith Studio got its start. Here’s my interview: 1. Are you a WSSer (a member of Wordsmith)? If so, sound off about how long you’ve been a member, your favourite...
View ArticleThe next chapter: April 2015 update
Where I’ve been I don’t know how to say this, but April kind of sucked. Due to the situation at work, I decided to give myself a true break for the Easter long weekend. So, no writing there. The next...
View ArticleThe next chapter: May 2015 update
Holy shemoley! It’s June already and I’m three weeks into my five week leave. Time she’s a-flying :( May was all about catching up on my revisions. I’d fallen behind and had really wanted to get them...
View ArticleThe next chapter: June 2015 update
As expected, with the revisions of Initiate of Stone complete(ish—I’m still getting the final sections from outstanding beta readers), query letter and synopsis written, and the query process started,...
View ArticleThe next chapter: September 2015 update
What can I say about September? First, I’m back on track. Second, I finished drafting Marushka and am well on my way to having a finished draft of Gerod and the Lions. Marushka ended up at a tidy...
View ArticleThe next chapter: July 2016 update
So, here we are again at a monthly update. August. Where has the year gone? One of the great things about tracking your production (and this applies to all things, not just writing) is that you can...
View ArticleThe next chapter: October and NaNoWriMo 2016 update
I’m baaaa-aack! Didja miss me? Let’s just get right to the good stuff. October As was the case with September and August before it, October was a month in which I was focused on non-word-count-y stuff....
View ArticleThe next chapter: January 2017 update
Hey all you lovely people *waves* This is probably going to be a shortish post. January was a quiet month. So, I worked and I wrote. I exceeded my drafting goal for Wavedancer and for blogging, but...
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