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5 Random Thoughts on Writing

7/8/2015

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Because I'm on deadline freaking everywhere, and it's summer so I've got about zero time, and it's also my birthday, and my kids birthday, and my parents are visiting and...yeah. I'm phoning it in today. Feel free to leave your own list in the comments. 

1) Writing prompts are almost universally unhelpful.
Sure, If I'm itching to sit down and pound away some cracky fanfic or something the travelling shovel of doom might be helpful. When I need to actually write something for publication it's like everyone expects me to have my own ideas. Sheesh.

2) My Search History is terrifying.
Like someone said you can't buy a confederate battle flag on Amazon anymore, but you can buy an I.S.I.L flag and I really really want to know, but I'm not stupid enough to type I.S.I.L. flag into Amazon with the rest of my search history. Hello whole new crop of government watch-lists I just found. *waves to the feebs* This is a thing you think about as a writer. No one prepares you for that fact before you're there.

3) Twitter is almost as unhelpful as writing prompts.
Because when I tweet things about writing or questions people have this weird hang up where they will share said tweet but they will not actually answer it. I will dedicate myself to being better about this, but I will probably fail. Sorry, Universe.

4) My keyboard looks like I tape sandpaper to my fingers before I type.
Some of this is because I have fingernails and I type fast and hard, but I feel like someone would make a keyboard that could handle a fictional life without steadily wearing through the first three layers of plastic on my spacebar. Don't ask about E, D, and N. There are actual nail marks in S. 

5) The Five-Thing list is the Yoga Pants of blogging.
Not that I don't like Yoga Pants. We're all allowed to have lazy days. Am I the only one leaning on this particular thing a little hard? Yeah? OKay. I'll work on it.

Alright. That's all for today, come back Friday where we'll talk about the 5 strangest Science Fiction Cliches!

Heh. I'm joking. I have actual content for Friday, and it's about one of my favorite things ever. Mosquito Dinosaurs!

Also, check out my short story here, and give it a vote if you like it. :)
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Kate link
7/8/2015 04:18:34 pm

Hmmm.

1) Twitter is evil and will suck my brain away from anything I am doing at the time.

2) The number one time when I get a new idea is when I have no way of recording it and I have to hope like Hell it'll still be there when I have a pen and paper or a keyboard in front of me.

3) I know officially type almost as quickly as I think by the sheer perversity of doing writing challenges.

4) Goals are really funny once you're about three days away from making them.

5) I always, always want to work on the story that is a) not on deadline b) brand new and c) really hard to market.

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Hazel Myers link
3/23/2021 09:26:26 pm

Thank you for taking the time to write this post

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