Hi everyone! I’m taking a very brief hiatus from the blog until early November, for obvious reasons (hospital stay; getting the baby home and adjusted to life at the Sowul house). But I’ll be back to chronicle my adventures with a newborn while attempting my very first run at NaNoWriMo. I’ll look forward to connecting with […]
Writer's Life
The Distraction Period
I’m back in limbo phase, craving distraction. Baby Girl Sowul was due yesterday (Monday, 10/17) and I’m still waiting. I know the waiting will likely only last another week at most, because unfortunately (and despite much, much effort over the past 4 weeks) the baby is still in breech position. I’m scheduled for a C-section […]
Writing Life Update: Submit, Edit, Focus
The last time I updated you on my writing life, I was working on The Creativity Perspective and my second historical novel, BLIZZARD. That took me through the beginning of August. At that point, I finished the first draft of BLIZZARD and closed down The Creativity Perspective website for awhile. So what have I been […]
Conference Recap, Big Questions
Before we get started, here’s a link to a recent post I wrote for my friend and DIY MFA co-staffer Sara Letourneau, entitled Why Creativity Is Essential For All Genres. I highly recommend subscribing to Sara’s blog! She does an amazing job of pulling back the veil on her fiction-writing process, giving her readers tips for […]
Goodbye, Writing Space
I usually plan blog posts by thinking about you, the reader, and what your needs are. But today, I’m going to write a post just because it’s something I need to write about. I’m saying goodbye to my writing office. Over the course of the next month, my office is going to turn into the new baby’s […]
Habits To Make, Habits To Break
My recent reading has been putting my recent writing to shame. This is completely understandable: I’m writing a first draft, and it’s a normal part of the process to “hate your work but power through” on a first draft. I’m not supposed to be crafting beautiful phrases or pulling creative descriptions out of thin air; I’m […]