Is Writing a Lonely Venture?

I read a blog post last week that discussed the isolation associated with the craft of writing. (I can’t remember which blog it was now. If you do, please forward the URL.) The supposition was most writers are introverts at some level. Sitting alone to write page after page isn’t the sort of activity that, …

Reluctance to Grasp

In October of last year, 2015, I wrote a post that discussed the topic, Reciprocating Follows. However, I neglected to include any details as to why I pass by some of the blogs of my followers at WordPress.Com. I remember I considered a paragraph or two on these particulars, but decided it may appear a …

Details Don’t Work

How much detail should go into the preliminary work of a story? As profound and desirable as it may be, the way Jessica Fletcher, the main character in Murder She Wrote, could whip out her manuscripts on a word processor just is not going to happen in the world outside of the “boob tube”. Diversely, …

Do I Give Up?

I had been so satisfied with the progress I was making on my WiP earlier this last year. My attitude about my first draft was prudent, taking into account that many words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, and scenes would be amended in a later version. Just getting into my second draft in September, the enthusiasm was …

Reader or Email Subscription?

I have been blogging at WordPress.Com for a little over ten years. When I dwell on this fact, I start wondering why I haven’t paid more attention to this host site. Some of their improvements over the years, I consider to be utter ludicrousness. (Please don’t take the original editor away!) One of the many features …