Category Archives: My Writing Life

You’ll LOVE me on Medium. I admit, I am a Medium neophyte, even though good writer friends of mine have been using it for years. In fact, I once signed up for a Medium account years ago…and never touched it. So, why jump into the fray now? Well, for starters, there are some publications onContinue reading “If you like me here…”

If you’ve been here a while, you know I have a complicated relationship with “NaNoWriMo,” the shorthand for National Novel Writing Month. The premise of this event/challenge is simple enough: write 50K words in the month of November. When I “lost” in 2015, I actually did learn quite a bit about myself and my writingContinue reading “No, I’m not NaNo-ing.”

Since 2015, in lieu of the standard “goals and resolutions,” I have picked a word for my year. It serves as a touchpoint or a north star — a simple, comprehensive reminder of where I’m trying to go and what I’m trying to do in that year (and ideally beyond). My past Words of theContinue reading “My 2021 Word, and Some New Years Thoughts”

This is the tenth year in a row I’ve tried and failed. When I try to force myself to write under fictitious pressure, it’s bad. It’s not fun. Writing should be hard work, but it should still be joyful.

I honestly can’t remember the first time I tried NaNoWriMo. I think it was in 2004, which would make this the 15th year I make an attempt. Now, I’ll be honest – most of those attempts have gone exactly nowhere. Some I’m pretty sure I quit on day one with less than 1,000 words. OthersContinue reading “This Year, I Rebel.”

I say “for now” because while I don’t intend to go back to Patreon again, I have been known to change my mind once or twice (or thrice…). But yes, it’s true. I’m closing my Patreon page. I wrote a much longer note to my subscribers about it, but I know some folks here haveContinue reading “Closing Patreon (For Now)”

This is a large, looming question in my life. I find myself staring it down constantly, not just when working on pieces for my Patreon (now closed) or chipping away at my two in-process novels, but especially when I stare at this blog and website. Ever since I began blogging, I’ve tried to create someContinue reading “What Do I WANT To Write?”