Reading about writing

By ALongLook in The Write Stuff

I never have been a big fan about reading about writing, but do recommend at least one book if you need some inspiration. I thoroughly enjoyed "Writing Down the Bones" by Natalie Goldberg. It actually caused me to reflect on ...

Slow going

By ALongLook in The Write Stuff

Not that there's a rush....but this rewrite is slow going. I know in my heart my patience will be rewarded. Even 15 years after these murders, they are still heart wrenching. Knowing that there is finally going to be a ...

Reread, rewrite

By ALongLook in The Write Stuff

Am rereading the novel I completed a few years ago as I convert it to the true crime story it's based on. It's amazing when you let something sit for awhile then read it again how clearly some things jump ...

New Laptop

By ALongLook in The Write Stuff

My Apple went belly up and I need to replace it. Not sure I want another Mac. Nothing against them, I used nothing but Mac for years, but now have gotten used to the Dell I use at work. I ...

Where to write

By ALongLook in The Write Stuff

I remember working in a bookstore in Dallas, and on my lunch break going to the nearby cafe. I'd sit there, watch people go by and write in my notebook. I wrote several poems once waiting on a ride in ...

Scraps of paper, shoeboxes, notebooks

By ALongLook in The Write Stuff

For years I jotted down random thoughts, poems, short stories on whatever piece of paper was handy. They'd often end up in a shoebox stuffed in a closet somewhere. At some point, don't remember exactly when, I began writing in ...

Awakenings

By ALongLook in The Write Stuff

I jolted wide awake last night, actually early this morning, with a potential lead paragraph for the true crime story I'm writing. I love it and hate it when that happens (depending on how long it takes to go back to ...

What am I waiting for?

By ALongLook in The Write Stuff

There is nothing worse for this writer than a blank piece of paper or computer screen, with no ideas readily flowing from the brain to the fingers. And, weirdly, I kind of have the opposite problem. I have a completed ...

The pain of writing

By ALongLook in The Write Stuff

I promised last post to share some previous writings from when my older sister died of breast cancer. The point here is to illustrate how emotional issues -- the loss of a loved one, a breakup, etc. -- can spark ...

Emotional issues

By ALongLook in The Write Stuff

As Breast Cancer Awareness Month enters its last week, I am reminded of the struggle my sister went through with the disease several years ago. She lost her battle at age 41, and looking back at some the poems and ...