I remember attending a panel at a con a few years ago where an author (really wish I remember who it was…) spoke about how important exercise is in the writing life. Keeping your body in shape as you do your mind. Something like that. When my back broke down and I couldn’t sit in …
Tag: Writing
Jul 29
Just because an academic is staring out the window, doesn’t mean he isn’t working.
This is something my father (an academic) told me a very long time ago. It resonates with the writer too. Except in my case it’s closer to: ‘Just because a writer is lying in a hot bath on a cold winter night, doesn’t mean she isn’t revising.’ Sometimes that nice, comfortable, long bath is just …
Jul 03
The joy of rewrites
Chapter six is fighting me. I’m not sure what it is but something isn’t quite right. It has new characters, new magic, conflict, mc pushing herself too far, mc making mistakes and not making very many friends. But still, it’s not sitting well. A case of talking-heads syndrome, perhaps? Either way, it’s a job for …
