Keep Calm and… Oh Who Are We Kidding?
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View ArticleMaybe I Can Write the Whole Thing in My Sleep…
Sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night and start writing I mix things up. I’ll confuse homonyms, I’ll drop words out of sentences, I’ll imagine that I know anything at all about mixing...
View ArticleI Can’t Help All the Hell that I’m Raising
This song is hilarious if you turn it up really loud and imagine Jim Kirk is singing it. As this was the way I was introduced to it I have no ability to hear it any other way. I’m the captain of this...
View ArticleThis is Why Editing Your Own Work is Problematic
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View ArticleDo You Trust Me?
I really like exploring people’s boundaries. The difference between what they say without thinking, what they say after they think it through and where they end up if you walk them all the way...
View ArticleDeciding What Words Mean is a Heavy Responsibility. Luckily, There’s Macaroni.
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View ArticleI’m Not Saying Anything. But if I Was to Say Something, This is What I Would...
There are two parts of this chart that are the same blue. I don’t know which is which. Or… maybe they are the same? WHAT IF THEY ARE THEY SAME? Can you get hangovers from writing query letters? Filed...
View ArticleThe Most Impossible Distance
I know this feel a little too well right now. Filed under: Kandace, User Consent Tagged: being a writer, head -> wall repeat, Jorge Cham, phd, sleep madness, writing
View ArticleIt’s Possible This is What My Current Plot Outline Looks Like
Filed under: Kandace, User Consent Tagged: being a writer, comic, head -> wall repeat, outline, plot, sidney harris, writing
View ArticleThe Five Stages of Critique: A Guide For Beta-Readers
So the writer in your life asked you to read something and give them your opinion. It’s all going well until you mention something that didn’t quite work for you. There’s a faint frown. This is the...
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