artistic suffering

How the [bleep] is it May?

How the [bleep] is it May?

And where the freak have I been? I don’t even know, man. I don’t even know. That thing where I try to do more with my life than go to work and come home and go back to work goes on. It’s been rough lately, because the AC has been non-functional for two weeks. The […]

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My Muses Are A-Bubblin’

My Muses Are A-Bubblin'

I used to complain about ADD muses. I still do, when I’m neck deep in edits and my guys want to go work on something(s) , anything(s) else. They used to be a lot worse, though. When I started writing way back when, one reason I never finished anything was the way new ideas came

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Belittling, That’s What It Is

Belittling, That's What It Is

Emasculating. Humiliating. I broke my own blog. For hours on end, and needed the rescue of a marvelous friend to fix it. I felt like such a fraud. I don’t think I’m an expert, but I do tend to think I’m better at internet-things than that. You know how self-doubt always brings friends? I spent

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There’s a Song about Editing

There’s a saying, and now a country song, that goes “If you’re going through hell, keep on going.” Yes, I know I said I enjoy editing. And I do–most of the time. But there’s a reason Holly Lisle calls this part the “manuscript slog.” [Disclaimer–this may not actually be the way editing goes for you.

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Yesterday I Wrote

Yes, actual words. By me. On my steampunk story. I’m still waiting to see if I can do it again. After work, grocery shopping, and swimming, I’m not sure I’ve got it in me. But…note to self (again): when you’re going crazy, hating life and everything in it–for God’s sake, WRITE!! That is all.

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Frustration

It was just one number.  I changed one little number from a five to a four, pushing one of the defining moments in Eve’s life back a year. Then I had to change one more number, that was connected to the first number. Then I realized I’d changed the entire history of my galaxy, as

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