In the interest of distracting my inner editor this National Novel Writing Month, here are some tips on what to do when your writing seems unoriginal: 1. Play a creativity game with yourself. Perhaps these or the ones on this site. 2. Lock away your inner editor (possibly physically) by envisioning them as a real […]
I haven’t been very creative as of late. My blog has shriveled to a post a week, I have not committed myself to daily creative time, and my energy has been slowly flagging as the temperatures dip lower and lower here in NYC. So you may be wondering how I will possibly write 50,000 words […]
This and last week, I experienced a meteoric slow down in my novel-writing experiences. This was informed, in part, by the increase in busy experiences that were required of me at my job. Last week, we canvassed the neighborhoods Wednesday night, hosted a fancy fundraiser at the Chihuly Boathouse in the evening, and journeyed to […]
This week’s CED Round-up will be pretty short, due to the fact that I have consolidated most (if not all) of my creative energies on writing (all 16,946 words I have so far) of my novel for Camp National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). To contradict that last statement, here are two things I worked on […]
This week was all about writing and on-site photography. This week I began writing a novel for Camp National Novel Writing Month, the summer version of November’s amazing race to 50,000 words. It is totally nerve-wracking, but what makes it even scarier is that Camp NaNoWriMo goes on for two months! That means that I’ll […]
This week was event-filled and awesome, so a lot of the work I was doing happened outside – particularly at the Seattle Pride Parade, in which I fanatically snapped pictures of everything from the Washington Bus Summer Fellows to the amazing outfits that people adorned. Check it out after the jump – and yes, there […]
This week’s round-up is a bit late because I just arrived back from a retreat with the Washington Bus, but it is here nonetheless! I did some exploration this week by way of photography and, when indoors, did some writing and drawing on my Wacom tablet. I will learn you yet, Wacom! Check out some […]
I have been experimenting with short fiction this week, or at least scenes that tell a standalone story; I have written about everything from aliens (as part of my new serial fiction, The Observer) to time travelers, allergies, and South Asian lovers. Check out what I’ve been writing (and knitting in between keyboard marathons) after […]
Hi all, today’s post is about blogging, media, and the freelance market. Since it was pretty long in typewritten format, I decided to record it; listen up, and then leave me a comment about what you think!(The transcript is available after the jump, and it includes links to some things I mention) Check out some […]
This weekend, I had the pleasure of attending an all-day set of writing workshops at Richard Hugo House in Seattle. Since I have been learning to beat writer’s block, this day was a necessary shock to my system – an entire day of learning, writing, and revising is just what I needed!And, because I believe […]