The Secret Wise Writers Know

by | Mar 1, 2020 | Failure Wins, Life, Writing

That sometimes you begin a project, not because you’re inspired to write or because you’re going to write something great or even that you’re excited about the idea, but because you know the art of writing is in the act of writing. Sometime”most...

7 Days of Edits…

by | Feb 12, 2020 | Failure Wins, Writing

…on a manuscript 2.5 years in the making (but, hey, who’s counting?) I have to say that when going from page 1-300, again and again for seven days (but, hey, who’s counting), it is WILDLY satisfying to be able to take a quick break, do another task,...

A day to catch my breath

by | Nov 13, 2019 | Failure Wins, Writing

Ugh…been dealing with a WIP that WON’T END. Two years, 1st draft at 80K was burned, then I did another 87K, and that was burned, now I’m at 72K…and…maybe it’s working? At least, I like the first-one hundred pages. So, I’ve...

The last quarter of 2019

by | Sep 14, 2019 | Failure Wins, Writing

It’s so odd to think that 2019 will be over in 3 months. I feel like it’s just begun. Or perhaps, I feel as though there should be a rewind button. I struggled with the writing starting in November 2018, where nothing worked and nothing made sense, and...

Ack, I pulled a Wil E. Coyote

by | Aug 13, 2019 | Failure Wins, Writing

Yup, totally did it. I was writing, totally in draft mode, okay with this-is-horrendous-but-just-get-it-done-mode, getting in the word count…then I looked down. By which, I mean, I started thinking about edits and beta readers and this was draft #6 and why...