One of my beloved Monday Muses, Miss Aimee of Artsyville, recently posted some materials she created for a workshop on lettering she taught at KU. One of the hand-outs she created was a stream of consciousness instructional “lecture” on how to just let go and create. I am totally stealing her words and applying them…
It’s been awhile since I’ve burned the midnight oil so many nights in a row, probably not since Miss A was a screaming cranky mess of a baby (Lil G has been a good sleeper pretty much since day 1, BLESS her). Trying to squeeze NaNo writing time into my day just isn’t happening, so…
No, this is not another post about NaNoWriMo…though I’m finding it an incredible way to practice my craft. As I mentioned over at fellow Test Driver Tami’s blog when she asked what people expected to get out of it: I am a fly by the seat of my pants kind of writer – and this…
The scene sprint turned out to be quite productive. I logged just over 3k and got out at least one well developed scene and left plenty of ideas in limbo but with a promising start. Some highlights from Thursday’s scene sprint: -my heroine performs the Big Mac rap for a man who reminds her of some…
Yesterday my NaNo count was barely above 100 words, and those pathetic few were snuck in while Miss A did her math and Lil’ G ripped a bookshelf apart. I did manage to log 7miles on the treadmill while Lil’ G napped and Miss A played dress up and watched some library DVD of Hannah…
1 day of writing down and 29 to go…I managed to get 5k of words down, which gave me a nice start, I think. Even on the first day it was a little difficult, once I had jumped the first hurdle: finding some free time away from the husband, Miss A & Lil’ G, I…
… or clutch her hand and ask her to come home with me, or faint, or completely embarrass myself in a myriad of other ways… Currently Diana is on a book tour promoting the recent release of the 7th (of at least 8, I think) novel in her Outlander series, Echo in The Bone. 4…
I was so happy when I found this site, after seeing it advertised over at SmartBitches. It’s like an entire site devoted to the Monday Muse concept! Here, from their About page: Being a mom and a writer is hard, and the only other people who know just how hard are other Mama Writers. We…
If you have ever stopped by here for a visit before, you may have noticed I had a helluva lotta links to books…books I was currently reading, books I had read recently, books I planned to read soon – even books I had started to read and put down somewhere and never finished. I love…
Like getting to post a review on the Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books website. I can’t imagine how tickled I’ll be if a novel (I eventually manage to finish and submit to a pub) gets published. My skirt will flip so high you’ll see London, France, and a remote town somewhere in Alaska. So,…
Melonie Johnson 
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