As I write The Sound of Madness (aka in my work in progress (WIP), I had to take a week off of writing in it. It’s a cardinal rule in my writing […]
The Sound of Madness: A Work in Progress
When the pesky Muse strikes, she strikes hard and without warning. On December 23rd, I was casually singing “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. […]
Frustrated Writer
“God damnit, get out of my head!” is what I want to scream at this novel (aka Work in Progress or WIP). It’s been in my head too long. It’s become like […]
What Am I So Afraid Of?
I’m two days away from the end of my writing challenge and I will be honest. I am no where near close to 75,000 words. The only good thing I can say […]
Inspired
Yesterday wasn’t a great writing day for me. If I’m going to finish this novel by April 30th, it’s going to be down right impossible if I continue having writing days like […]
Writing For Me Now
I have had this idea for a new novel brewing in my head since late December. It was inspired by the fog hugging the side of the West Virginia mountains near/at an […]
Staring at a Blank Page
I have had this idea in my head for a novel for about 13-14 years now. It is the novel I must write to exorcise whatever is making me obsess about it. […]
Music Inspiration
It’s amazing how music can inspire. I was going through old playlists that were for some writing projects I had started and never finished. I’ll also post The Dumbing Down of Love’s […]
Fear of Writing
I haven’t written in some time now. I open a file and just stare at the blinking cursor. Nothing is going through my mind. No words to put onto paper, no scene […]
Figments of the Imagination
As a writer, I try keep my worlds separate: the make believe world of my novels and the reality of my real life. Sometimes, I am inspired by real world things and […]
Not Query Time
There’s a lot of do’s and don’ts when it comes to sending a query to an agent, and I mean a lot. The most important thing I’ve learned is sending a query […]
Hello Muse
Somewhere in the middle of writing Barfly, my next novel came to me. Normally, I would just stop what I was writing and start the next one, but I forced myself to […]
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