Category: writing
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Writing as stretching a muscle, and other egregious metaphors
Hello hello everyone. I had somewhat of an epiphany the other day about my own writing and wanted to share. If you read my post about spring, you probably remember me talking about how I had written a poem and was feeling generally positive about my personal writing even though…
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Story acceptance!
I feel like I can finally talk about this, because I have a date for when my fiction finally gets printed and I get to hold my own words in my own two hands.
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Spring has come to Chicago!
I walked outside my apartment this morning and was greeted with the glorious knowledge that spring has finally crawled out from under its blanket of snow. I love winter and snow and everything that comes with it, but I am so ready for it to be warm outside. Even now…
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Had a good conversation this morning and wanted to share . . .
I will post some more updates later, but first I wanted to share this conversation I had (with my friends Beth and Kathryn) this morning about writing, and some thoughts about how writing helps us better understand our own thoughts and feelings. Read more here. >> How do you see your…
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NaNoWriMo is coming . . .
. . . and I still need a plan. I suppose it’s about time for me to set something in stone and (hopefully) keep to it when the time comes. Here are my thoughts. 1. I need to decide what to do about marketing my novel. I have been tossing…
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Sprint Week Story: “The Ghost and I Watched the Sky Fall Together”
Well, dear Readers, Sprint Week is over! I had an awesome time working with and learning from Kelcey Parker this week, and I think I got some good ideas out of it. I’m excited about the prospects this new knowledge and outlook (story=structure) will have on my writing. I promised…
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Sprint Week, Day 2: Let it Go
The readings for today’s sprint class had a common theme: forget your hangups and go with your gut when it comes to architecture. Louis Kahn, in “Form and Design” (1961), told the story of a young architect coming to him with a problem: he could dream as big as he…
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Sprint Week and Other Updates, Or, The Short Story of How Liz Has Too Much to Do and Yet Keeps Piling Stuff on Anyway
Hey all! Sorry I’ve been so absent lately. Things (novel-ing, grad school-ing, reading, writing, Final Fantasy-ing) have been hectic. Here’s a quick rehash of what I’ve been up to: -Louisville Comic Con (haven’t decided yet whether or not I’m going to write a post about this — I’ll have to…
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