Archive for October, 2008
In for a Penny…Throw in 30 Days With That
Tomorrow is a big day for an estimated 110,000 people. It is the launch of the 10th Annual National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Each participant has committed to writing a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. To reach this goal, the daily word count is 1,667. That’s a lot of words, particularly for the people [...]
An Idea, A Community, A Project
Chuck Westbrook had an idea. His idea was to gather some bloggers to seek out and support well written but under-read blogs.
Chuck posted his idea on October 23rd. By midnight he had 95 responses in his comments section. As of this post, the total responses stand at 317 with 46 trackbacks. People are interested!
I have [...]
Addiction to the Blank Page
Photo Courtesy House of Sims
Call it a fetish or an affinity; I am an addict. I am addicted to the process of writing.
There is nothing so quietly thrilling in my life as fresh, untouched paper. A new notebook, a fresh ream, or new stationary excites me as nothing else can.
The scent of new paper is [...]
Words on Paper
Photo courtesy chema.foces.
I have written this past week. I just haven’t written “publicly.” I’ve done a lot of deep thinking as well. It seems to be part of my personal creative process…these days of turning inward to think and absorb, read and ponder. What comes out on paper doesn’t really make a good blog post, [...]
Saturday Morning 10.25.08
I was absent from the blogosphere for a few days (my apologies). I noticed in my reader that several of the bloggers I follow closely were also apologizing for not posting. Maybe it’s the weather or just the time of year? For me it was deep thinking. Every so often it is as if my [...]
