Writing Wednesday Update

Just starting a short story this week. It's for an interesting anthology on archaeology stories with a woman of color as the lead character. I let the idea stew for quite sometime. Then some decisions happened. The first thing I decided, was the MC would be old, elderly by our standards. Then she became a...

A Little Late, but Setting Some Writing Goals

So I'm a week late on the goal setting for ROW80, but better late than never! I read an article last week where a writer talked about his goal of writing every day. I've been thinking about that effort, and what it could result in (loads more writing). So I decided to give it a...

Staying Motivated over the Summer (or not)

Summer must be the hardest time to stay focused and motivated on the writing. Between the warm (sometimes too warm) days and nights, and the kids out of school, what's a writer to do?I'd love to say I have words of wisdom here, but really, my word count is just limping along this summer. We...