Tag: Writing & Editing
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On Writing & Storytelling: Working Through Tiredness to Revise Chapter 14, Scene V, of Reunion: Coda
Late Afternoon/Early Evening, Thursday, April 18, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Well, it’s been nearly five hours since my last post, and my Thursday has turned out to be a “mixed bag.” The weather turned sour ahead of schedule; the sky was graying by the time I finished a quick lunch of Quaker Instant Oatmeal, and…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, April 18, 2024, or: A Day in One Writer’s Life
The author shares details of their routine and work on their blog and novel. The post is written on a sunny morning in Madison, detailing the weather and their plans for the day. They express their struggles with maintaining a writing schedule and the challenges of continuing the narrative of their novel. Despite feeling tired,…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, March 28, 2024, or: Tidings for a Rainy Thursday in New Hampshire
Late Morning, Thursday, March 28, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Howdy, folks. It’s a gray and rainy day here in my corner of northern New England. Currently, the temperature is 41°F (5°C) under cloudy skies. With the wind blowing from the east-northeast at 2 MPH (3 Km/H) and humidity at 86%, the feels-like temperature is 50°F…
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Musings & Thoughts for Tuesday, March 12, 2024, or: Grappling with Florida’s DCF, Burning My Bridges, and Emotional Turmoil Were Not Conducive to Writing Yesterday
Late Morning, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, everyone. It’s a lovely – if perhaps nippy – early spring day here in eastern New Hampshire on this second day of the workweek. Currently, the temperature is 38°F (3°C) under sunny conditions. With the wind blowing from the north-northwest at 7 MPH (11 KMH)…
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On Writing & Storytelling: All Quiet on the Writing Front…for Now
Hi, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon on Thursday, June 8, 2023, here in Lithia, Florida. Outside, it’s quite warm (83°F/29° but feels like 90°F/32°C under partly sunny skies) on this humid early summer day. Of course, I’m inside an air-conditioned house, with my blinds closed and my curtains only partially open, so my writing space…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Today I Edited; Tomorrow…I’ll Write?
Writer’s Log, Stardate 2306.7 “When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft After taking an hour-long rest-and-relaxation break before noon, I decided to focus my…
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On Writing & Storytelling: SITREP on Tasks Accomplished – and Tasks to be Done
Hi, there! It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. It’s relatively cool outside on this seventh day of the month and seventh day of meteorological summer (traditional summer is still two weeks away); the temperature is 74°/23°C under sunny conditions. This being Florida, it won’t stay this mild for long.…
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On Writing & Storytelling: Time for Another SITREP on The New Story
Hi, there, Dear Reader, and welcome to the Thursday, May 25, 2023, edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s midafternoon here in Lithia, Florida, and it’s hot (84°F/29°C), dark, and rainy. It’s so dark that I just had to turn on the ceiling lamp, and I hear thunder, which of course means we…
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On Writing & Storytelling: If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be ‘Make Revisions Day’
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” ― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Tuesday, May 24, 2023. It’s still cool outside on this late spring day (75°F/24°C) under partly sunny,…
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‘The New Story: Music from the Original Writing Soundtrack’
When I write fiction – be it Reunion: A Story (AKA “the one that’s floating out there on Amazon and the online Barnes & Noble store”), “The New Story,” or the occasional screenplay – I tend to listen to music as I sit at my desk, regardless of whether I’m writing or gnashing my teeth…
A Certain Point of View, Too 