Failing again. Failing better.
I’ve been feeling a little run down and burnt out lately. While I’m getting all my work and chores done, I’ve noticed that I haven’t really been feeling it when it comes to my creative writing. I know, wah wah, first world problems and all that. I don’t know if that’s due to yet another…
So I received another rejection letter yesterday. I know, I know, rejection is part of becoming a better writer, so I should try to embrace it. But that doesn’t mean rejection doesn’t hurt. And upon reading this letter, I was hurt. What do you mean my story didn’t “hold your interest”? But (for whatever reason),…
I’m running around today (I’ll have an announcement tomorrow), so today is a grab bag post. First, Carrie Cuinn (blog, twitter) is offering a short fiction workshop. I first heard Carrie on the Functional Nerds podcast, and I found myself nodding along to her comments (even if it was an odd thing to do in…
So mini-update first. I’m still on pace with my 1,000 words a day quota. I’ve also written one story (a 1,000-word bit of flash fiction), edited it, and submitted it. So what have I been doing with my other 1,000 words per day? Well, I’ve been tweaking my novel outline, and I’ve been working on…
I’m embarrassed to admit that I’m a latecomer to Mur Lafferty’s (Twitter) podcast, “I Should Be Writing.” The latest episode has definitely made me a convert because it was chock full of goodness. First, Mur talked about the idea of writing falling off her to-do list. She said that writing had become so engrained in…