“Nerves spilled out like angel hair pasta.” Thanks, Jack Shepherd, for ensuring I’ll never be able to eat that again. It’s really weird to see my list of “things to do before publishing” getting very small. The more of them I tick off the more nervous I get. Which I expected, but still. Nerves. A … Continue reading
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Continuity, not perfection
I am the sort of writer who has trouble with being prolific. Oh, I develop huge, grandiose, labyrinthine plotlines with gorgeous character arcs and fully developed worlds. It’s getting it all on paper that’s the difficult part – and the problem is me. I get fixated on individual sentences. I prune them ’til I think … Continue reading
I love weird people. Weird people love me.
Normally I talk about writing here, but today I want to talk about weird people. (Before I go any further, let me clarify that “weird” is a compliment. Moving on.) I love weird people. I’ve made statements to this effect for a very long time. But in perfect honesty, it’s taken me awhile to fully … Continue reading
Creation is happiness
I woke up in a good mood this morning. That was weird. I’m pretty sure it’s because of all the writing I did this weekend. Successfully cleared edits on chapters 1 and 2, which was admittedly a conservative goal. (I did more than that, alright?) This week’s goal is to do the same with 3 … Continue reading
Serious writer is serious
Here’s my serious writer face :D It’s very different from my non-serious writer face -_- I took a bit of a break in August to recharge, after assembling my betascript. It is the term I invented for the point at which my manuscript is just coherent enough that I can let my mother read it. … Continue reading
Aine Crabtree 