Tag Archives: writing
The Quest for the Missing Muse: Victory
That was a relatively short and painless quest. I encountered no murderous hordes, terrifying dragons, or quicksand. Which would have made a great story and while I’m not writing that one, I am writing. For a while there the act … Continue reading
The Quest for the Missing Muse: Memory Problems
This could be working. To reconnect with my missing Muse and reestablish my writing habit, I charged myself with writing to a daily prompt. The intent of writing every day was to break whatever dam was blocking my creativity. Today … Continue reading
Quest for the Missing Muse: “Cowboy”
To reconnect with my missing Muse and reestablish my writing habit, I charged myself with writing to a daily prompt. I happened to have an ancient (December 2000) edition of Writer’s Digest magazine with 365 prompts. The guidelines are to … Continue reading
Quest for the Missing Muse: Fear
To reconnect with my missing Muse and reestablish my writing habit, I charged myself with writing to a daily prompt. I happened to have an ancient (December 2000) edition of Writer’s Digest magazine with 365 prompts. The guidelines are to … Continue reading
Quest for the Missing Muse
What a long strange trip this has been. My life no sooner settled down somewhat from the turmoil left by Hurricane Harvey last August than a new circus came into town. I sold my house and relocated. The process of negotiating … Continue reading
Secrets revealed
I finally had a chance to dig into the Indie Author Mastermind course and took the first lesson in the BuzzBuilder Bootcamp. I thought I knew everything there was to know about the amazon author page and Author Central but … Continue reading
Blown away
A few days after my end-of-August post, Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 storm on the south Texas Gulf Coast. I had to evacuate. It was weeks before the area was deemed safe enough to return. Roads had … Continue reading
This Convention is anything but conventional
The month of April offers you readers lots of chances to grab up free and bargain books. Brain to Books Cyber Convention A reader’s delight I don’t travel to conventions these days but that doesn’t mean I don’t attend them. … Continue reading
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Journal of a novel: Sept. 14, 2016. Creative tension
In a series of posts, I’ll share both Steinbeck’s Journal of a Novel and what I learn from it, and I’ll show you what the writing life is like for me. John Steinbeck worked on his novel every weekday and even … Continue reading
Journal of a novel: Dept. 7, 2016. The market
In a series of posts, I’ll share both Steinbeck’s Journal of a Novel and what I learn from it, and I’ll show you what the writing life is like for me. I’ve been absent from this Dee-Scoveries blog for a … Continue reading
