This holiday weekend is aptly named this year. Since my Mom went into hospital back in May, I’ve let my housekeeping go. Between visiting her nearly daily, keeping family and friends updated with her condition, coordinating visits by said family and friends (three different locations, with three different visiting policies between her heart attack/stroke in… Continue reading Labor Day
Category: state of the scribe
Updates on works in progress, etc.
Almost There…
The handymen are at my Mom’s house this weekend, finishing painting and installing hardware on the kitchen and bathroom cabinets. Next weekend, the tenant moves in, and the physical transition of things after Mom’s death will be effectively over. The legal transition won’t be over until October, as my state requires publication of a notice… Continue reading Almost There…
Story Pacing and Information Flow
I’ve abandoned reading many stories because the authors don’t understand that Story is all about the revealing (or not) of information to the reader. What does the reader need to know, and when does thon need to know it? Failing to understand that concept shows up in several ways. The first is the extreme… Continue reading Story Pacing and Information Flow
Resistance
So I’m working on “Child of Iron, Goblet of Fire,” and it has been fighting me every step of the way – from two false starts before I found the “right” one, to tortured justifications for Harry returning to Hogwarts, to … well, just about everything you can think of stopping someone? “Child” has thrown… Continue reading Resistance
State of the Scribe
I’ve made several starts on “Child of Iron, Goblet of Fire,” and I thought I’d finally found the right one – or at least one that kept me going. And then I took a left turn at Albuquerque and got off track. “Off track” in this case means that the words slowed down to a… Continue reading State of the Scribe
State of the Scribe
This is a periodic, though irregular, rundown of what I’ve accomplished and what I plan next to accomplish. My brain hasn’t worked well with strict plans and goals before, so we’ll see what happens here. Completed Fanfiction: “The Magical Sentinel” (Sentinel fusion of Harry Potter, Midsomer Murders, and a few other fandoms). All drafted, and… Continue reading State of the Scribe
