If using a word doesn’t push the story along and it is merely there to use a big word what is the point of using it
Tag Archive: novels
Jun 07
Something in me has changed since finishing my first book
The air is still as dark but I am finding cracks of light in the crevices of my mind.
Feb 28
Your dreams are like air…
Life is a handful of short stories, pretending to be a novel. – Anonymous Breathing is something our body does for us, we know it is there and yet we still ignore it. A human’s dreams are much the same. If you ask a six-year-old what he wants to be when he/she grows up, they will …
Jan 28
Whatever happens…towards the end…keep writing
Days seem to drift by lazily lately. Every day seems like the one before. I wait for my chance to write, to put things in front of the public that I wrote. That day is approaching fast, I know there are still things I need to do, still writing, rewriting and revising. I am aware …
Jan 11
Still struggling
Maybe I have changed as a writer, or maybe the writing has changed who I am. I like to think it is the latter.
Jan 04
Taking steps forward, looking in on myself
Please if you want something in life, take the step forward to do it.
Dec 31
2010, a personal retrospective
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.” T.S. Elliot The new year is upon us and with it new challenges ahead and new dreams to come true. When I posted this same thing last year I had no idea what would be in store for me …
Dec 15
Getting help from my cousin, who is published has been awesome!
I have always believed I should do the work with my writing, no handouts. This is different, this person has helped me grow as a writer more than I believed possible. My cousin that is published that I have referred to posted something about me today. She has been doing notes on my finished manuscript …
Nov 30
Giving some credit to my wife for my writing
I am not sure where I would be without her help, her shoulder to cry on when I get a bad critique or when she is there just because she is herself.
Nov 22
Finding the voice and grasping it with both hands, never to let go.
I will be published, not because I want it so bad, but because it feels like what I am meant to do.
