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We are all special snowflakes…
With our own unique tastes and perspectives on the world. For me, today was the day I drew the line in the sand on reading fairytale retellings. I subscribe to Daily Science Fiction’s e-mails and there’ve been a number of wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, My Writing, Writing
Tagged being a writer, beta readers, drawing a line, reading, religion, seems I am done with retold fairytales, unique perspectives, writing
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The emotional rollercoaster of being a writer
This one is kind of funny…(I think. Perhaps. Kind of like the birthday present my aunt gave me one year that was so not a present, but I just had to laugh because it was so audacious of her to … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, beta readers, my massive ego, when someone hates what you wrote, writing
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What makes good writing? (a personal question)
I just finished the first draft of my second novel!! A very happy day. It’s a bit on the short side (51K), but so was the first draft of the first novel. I tend to underwrite in my first drafts, … Continue reading
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Tagged bad ideas, being a writer, using yourself as a character, writing
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On “lowering your standards”
I should be spending my time writing and not reading crappy comments people put up on author’s forums. But, you know. I should also quit drinking so much Coke and not eat as much chocolate as I do. (Although, those … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Life, Writing
Tagged being a writer, communicating in a simple manner is not a failure, good thing I don't need friends, if you cannot communicate with others then maybe you are not good at what you do, pretentious asses, sometimes I regret spending so much of my life around a certain type of person, writing
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What is sex?
Yes, I’m a provocateur… You would think this is a simple question to answer, right? I mean sex is…sex. A goes into B and voila you have sex. Well, except for when C is involved. Or D sometimes, when there … Continue reading
Knowing you shouldn’t and doing it anyway
The problem with spending five hours on a train is that my mind wanders in weird directions. I’ve had this story idea for a while. (One of those that I should really write now before I get published and start to think … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, My Writing, Writing
Tagged bad ideas, being a writer, but I did not, high intelligence and social adjustment, it would be nice if I wrote a blog post that stuck to the point, The Outsiders by Grady M. Towers, what to write, writing
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It’s not yours anymore
Once you write that blog post or story or novel and you send it out into the world, it’s not yours anymore. The only way to control something you create is to keep it private, to never tell anyone else … Continue reading
Randomness…
I’m not an efficient blog follower. I don’t subscribe to RSS feeds. I just circle through the various blogs I have bookmarked as the hankering to do so strikes. I have them divvied up into “Good”, “Good But Not Frequent”, … Continue reading
The issue of talent
Before I start, I’d just like to say that I still find it fascinating the search terms that supposedly lead people to my blog. And I haven’t decided yet whether the search engines are really bad at matching up people … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, General Musings, Life, Writing
Tagged being a writer, believe you are never good enough, life is not actually binary by the way, motivation, or believe in yourself and be happy but mediocre, patricia c. wrede blog, perseverance, search results, tag abuse, talent can be a detriment, writing
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M.H. Lee 