Tag: Bark at the Moon
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I’ve been meaning to write a writing-related post for, oh…. since the Before Times. But part of what has made even that so difficult is the same thing that has made it hard to do anything creative as the COVID-19 pandemic hits different parts of the world: worry. I don’t find I have been worrying…
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For anyone out there interested in what I’ve been up to, writing-wise, I wish I had more publishing news! But that’s the problem with working on novels. They take a long time in development, and a long time to find a publisher. For a lot of 2019, I continued to send out Bark at the…
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When it comes to writing a novel, there are two schools of thought: you can plot it out first with an outline, or you can just wing it, writing by the seat of your pants. I’ve always been a pantser. But after years of endless revisions to a novel I started in 2003, I decided…
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I was tagged by poet, writer, and mushroom photographer Ariel Gordon to take part in the Next Big Thing Blog Hop, so today I’m going to chat about my work-in-(interminable)-progress, Bark at the Moon. (Before I forget, I’ve tagged Angélique Jamail, Noree Cosper, Jóhann Thorsson, and Peter Dawes, so hop on over and visit. And while I…
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Whether Ozzy will ever be able to top Tribute as his best live album is questionable, but Live at Budokan is a solid entry in the history of Oz. Unlike some “live” albums of recent memory, this is no mishmash of past performances strung together (Note: by this I meant Mötley Crüe’s disappointing and only…
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As I work on my own interminable werewolf work-in-progress, I think often of what would be on its official soundtrack. This is one of those tricks authors use to avoid writing. We call it brainstorming, or world-building, or visualizing. But it’s not.