Posts about Writing

Follow the links to my posts about the art and craft, and sometimes pain, of writing, as well as the realities of writing while being a lot of other things besides an author.

Being a writer:

Balancing Acts
Classroom Visit
First Reading and Signing
Books About Writing
Creativity and Sleep Deprivation
Summertime and the Writing is Tricky
Cheap Thrills, Author Style
Mission Statement
NaNoWriMo
Pep Talk for a Lazy Writer 
Cue the Trumpet Fanfare 
Staying Sane as a Writer  (debated about this one being about being a writer, or about the art and craft of writing.  It's both).
Pen vs. Keyboard
More about Editing Surviving the Nth round of revisions.
International Please Don't Pirate My Book Day
What Gets in the Way
Why Blog?
What is "writing"?  (what counts when you wonder if you're working)
"Wreading like a Writer"

The art and craft of writing:

Books About Writing
Becoming a Writer
Capturing Ideas (wherever they come)
Get on Your Backside and Write!
Drowning in Words (the necessary pain of revision)
Blurbs and Comparisons
Staying Sane as a Writer
More about Editing Surviving the Nth round of revisions.
Words to Watch For
Outlining: When and How
Bird By Bird--Progressive Book Club Discussion of Anne Lamott's writing book
Voice--Keeping it Straight 
What Makes Good Prose?
Save the Cat--Progressive Book Club Discussion #2
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