Tiddlywinks

Yesterday I finished the third of six short stories I’m writing for the anthology workshop I’m taking next month. It was so much fun to write! I set this one in the old West, and I had a ball both with the writing and the research. I also used this round of research as an…

In with the new year!

I don’t set New Year’s resolutions. I prefer to think of things in terms of guidelines rather than rules, and saying something like “In 2016 I will finally organize the storage closet in the garage!” feels more like a burden than something to look forward to. (And it’s not even that cluttered of a closet.)…

Fictional logistics

I am in the middle of a logistical nightmare. I’m working on chapters 16 and 17 of unnamed novel #2. There are only nineteen days left to figure out the title…but that’s another topic. 🙂 Chapter 16 is the beginning of the climax of the book. There are two critical scenes, one leading to the…