Something Neat From a Year in Iraq
So getting to be husband’s wife this year, even with everything else that’s gone one, is at least one good thing that’s come out of being in Iraq.
So getting to be husband’s wife this year, even with everything else that’s gone one, is at least one good thing that’s come out of being in Iraq.
But what about your characters? I see characters who flip out over the slightest miscommunication, turning into the BIG MIS (big misunderstanding for you non romance readers). But if something can be solved with a simple conversation, is it really a Big Mis or contrived for the plot?
It’s a little disconcerting to be feeling anxious about going home when I should be happy and looking forward to it.
Truth be told, I’m pretty damn anxious.
I’m not going to argue with whatever gets my butt in chair and words coming out of my finger tips once more.
My muse is not a separate thing but it is tied into certain habits and the one habit guaranteed to make me and my muse deliriously happy enough to crank out serious revisions is good tunes. Tunes that I can’t get out of my head are the perfect thing for me to write to.
Sometimes, I need to curl up on the couch and just watch a movie. Sometimes, I need to get a good nights sleep and go for a walk without trying to figure out my next plot points.
my five year old has the courage to announce it to the world both that her mommy is a writer and that she wants to be like her mommy.
But what about the writer who is constantly behind deadlines or struggling to meet deadlines? Psychology Today has a great article entitled Escape Artists by Steven Kotler that talks about coping mechanisms for beating the dreaded P word.
I read a fascinating article today in Psychology Today regarding perceptions of self. This article, entitled Mixed Signals by Sam Gosling pointed out that there were four categories of how we see ourselves.