Posts tagged blogging
Update
Jul 15th
Well, as you can see, this is not the start of the aforementioned series of reviews. I’ve not yet been able to write said review and, in the interest of not leaving you all hanging, I thought I’d do a generic update. I haven’t been able to sit down and get a blog out lately, mostly because I’ve been busy with work and trying to get my joint writing work “Knight’s Woman” edited – among other things.
Some other updates since my last blog:
I’ve reduced my simming presence to a single simm, mainly due to the lack of time I’ve had to commit to it. I do not discount my previous comments on the importance of simming if you are a writer, but in the same regard I cannot hold positions that I’m unable to fulfill.
Inspiration and Editing
Mar 24th
I’ve been thinking about inspiration lately. A lot of writers get asked that famous question, where do you get your ideas from? I already spoke a little on my muse and how I like to write, but I don’t think I’ve spent much time on inspiration itself.
I get inspiration from all sorts of places. I get inspired when I read work from other writers. I get inspired when I’m in the shower or driving down the road or grocery shopping. I get inspired when I’m walking around in a book store. I get inspired when I’m dreaming.
I think inspiration is what drives us as writers. I think that’s when the magic happens. And it really is a sort of magic. We sit down and we write and we get to that place where the words are just spewing from somewhere we can’t even put our finger on and then when we step back we’re in awe at this beautiful creation and we can’t believe it’s not already sitting on the bestseller shelf at Walgreens. Then, later, we come back to that same piece and we scowl and we turn our head like someone has stepped in behind us and thrown up all over it. Inspiration clouds us, and yet, it’s where we get the raw material from.
