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The “look” challenge goes like this: take your current work in progress, find the first instance of the word “look,” and post its paragraph and the surrounding paragraphs as an excerpt. Then, of course, you’re supposed to tag five other authors, but I’ll leave that as optional.  My friend Liz Barone tagged me.  Sooo merciless. My […]

I was having this feeling the other day that a new idea for a project was coming toward me: I could see a pattern to the things I was seeking out. I have a stack of books checked out (some overdue, because I’m having a hard time letting go of them) that are about magic,

On the other side of finishing The Artist’s Way, here’s something else I can see: writers are down on themselves. A lot. I mean, I was.  And I can see it in a lot of other people.  But now I feel like skipping, I’m so not-down on myself.  Not flying, because I have stuff to

This is my last week of The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron.  Or maybe it’ll turn out to be the last week of my first time through.  I’m considering doing it again, because of the things that I didn’t really commit to, the first time through (in the weekly exercises). If you haven’t been following

Okay, I was doing my morning pages this morning and realized that I am a research writer: not a writer that does research or writes up research, but a test-to-fail writer.  A crash-test-dummy writer. I quit writing a short story a week so I could focus on novels, but now I feel deprived.  Wherrrrre are

I have a new free book at B&N! http://t.co/qbr0RMZa … Last Voyage of the Mermaid: Death and pirates. # Powered by Twitter Tools

My mind wanders.  Lately, I’ve been pondering a grocery store concept that I want to see.  I won’t start a grocery store.  I love to shop in them, but I wouldn’t want to run one.  So: aether, here’s your sign… Name: Cornercopia. Concept: Small grocery stores sized to fit in strip malls; the general idea

I’m rotating “free” short stories.  So pick up “The Society of Secret Cats” ASAP, if you want a free copy (it’s $.99 Smashwords & B&N now, with the rest to follow).  And expect to see “The Last Voyage of the Mermaid” flip free at other sites soon. Pick “The Last Voyage of the Mermaid” up at Smashwords for free here.  If you

I’m rotating “free” short stories.  So pick up “The Society of Secret Cats” ASAP, if you want a free copy (it’s $.99 Smashwords & B&N now, with the rest to follow).  And expect to see “The Last Voyage of the Mermaid” flip free at other sites soon. Pick “The Last Voyage of the Mermaid” up at Smashwords for free here.

I’m rotating “free” short stories.  So pick up “The Society of Secret Cats” ASAP, if you want a free copy (it’s $.99 Smashwords & B&N now, with the rest to follow).  And expect to see “The Last Voyage of the Mermaid” flip free at other sites soon. Pick “The Last Voyage of the Mermaid” up at