My Own Thoughts

This is a thread from a published author on writing. I am presently in the middle of reading it.

I found a great site, well, I got there via an old blog from someone whose blogs I haven’t read before, but it’s there and it’s great. It’s about etymology, where words come from. Being a bibliophile and a lover of words, I think I have spent half an hour there reading through some I [...]

I wrote a long entry on homeschooling at my other blog and people are still commenting there rather than coming here. This was an interesting comment I received this week: When I finished my home schooling I was not ready to face life. I had few friends during my youth and I was extreamly shy. [...]

I have two sons. Right now we have been focusing on the youngest’s handwriting skills. They are abysmal. I have gotten him a new pencil type and we are working on writing every day. I am thinking about switching to cursive. This is a major concern for us. This site was forwarded to me by [...]

Thanks to a coworker, my husband and I don’t owe the government almost $1000. Actually, we didn’t owe it before the coworker came to our rescue. But we thought we did and we were going to tell the government we did, which would have meant we did owe it. But we can deduct part of [...]

I have finished editing the majority of novel one. However, the final chapter needs a major re-write. It’s all tell, no show. Or very little. I think I have finally figured out how to work it out. But I don’t feel up to writing it right now. I am six pages behind, as of now, [...]

The Curmudgeonly Clerk discusses anonymity of sites here. I agree wholeheartedly with his conclusions. I could not talk about my students and my work if you knew who I was. I couldn’t discuss my life with any strength. There are some people, perhaps even reading my blog, who know who I am, but I do [...]

I just can’t get over the parent who is sure sci fi is from the devil. (See January 20 post.) Two of my friends became Christians because of science fiction. Can’t remember which book convinced one of them, but the other read Atlas Shrugged and decided Christianity was true. (Don’t ask me how he got [...]

My husband sent a must read URL. It’s from Tor on slush. I am editing my first novel, trying to get it into shape to send out to publishers. I am writing my second novel, trying to have it going somewhere by the time I am ready to send out novel one. Plus novel two [...]