The Slow Buildup

There must be some genetic process buried deep inside me, tiny ribbons of DNA that dictate my creative process. Something that I’m not aware of, something that unfurls, silent and swift, within the depths of my being to accomplish it’s goal. Even while I...

When The Waiting Game Ends…

Being a writer involves a lot of WAITING. In fact, there is nothing speedy about this profession. Writing a regular-length novel, at it’s quickest, can take a month — but that’s only when you have the biting flame of NaNoWriMo under your ass. For me,...

On Having Written

Don’t like to write, but like having written. I found this quote and the corresponding investigation into where it came from the other day while meandering through the internet. Turns out, this quote is first attributed to the writer Frank Norris in the early...