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How I make time to write

Trying to find time to write is one of the main ways I learned time management,…
Origin Stories

I have been on something of a reading tear, binging on several novels that I had…
Don’t trust anyone over 40

As someone on the other side of 40, I only partly mean this title. I have…
Reading notes: Warcross duology by Marie Lu

During my December of reading, I especially enjoyed Marie Lu’s Warcross and Wildcard, a YA/SF duology…
Small steps you can take to save the planet

Inspired by David Wallace-Wells’ op-ed in the New York Times: fear-panic-climate-change-warming.html Set up a bin for recycling…
The Power of Practice

I feel most comfortable as a writer when I see the work as practice. Writing warm-ups.…
What I love about writing, ranked.

1. Write a first draft and not give a flying $#@& about how bad it is.…
Silence is not golden

As a string of egregious actions make the news, including personal behavior that reveals the blindness…
Love what you do

As I connect more to writers online, I stumble upon chatter about the idea of whether…
#amcranky

I have discovered that if I am not immersed in novel-writing, I am very cranky. Be…