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Finding Inspiration Everywhere

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While I feel writing is my artistic outlet, there are times where producing actual writing is hampered, by real life, by other interests and responsibilities, by the lack of time. This happens to be one of those two week periods … Continue reading →

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How Writing is Very Much Like Painting and Other Arts, Bad News For a Pantser Like Me

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I am currently in the middle of writing the first draft of my fifth (!)* novel. As with my first effort, Finding Cadence, I’m starting out with a load of vague ideas and a kinda-sorta story line. I have characters, … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Help But To Write What I Know

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I had written a blog post a month or so back (I’d look for it and link it, but it’s Monday and I’m busy and besides that I’m totally lazy) where I had admitted (more or less) that my novels … Continue reading →

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Writing: On Which I Yield to the Idea of a Muse

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A long, long time ago (holy cow, five years ago!), I wrote this article about kicking my muse to the curb. Thanks to a workshop at the San Francisco Writers Conference this year, I have changed my mind. When I … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo 2013: I Failed, But I Prioritized

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I wish I could say I completed the 2013 NaNoWriMo with 50,000 words written easily and under my belt, but it was not to be… *sigh* Oh, I had good intentions. I started out with a bang. I knew the … Continue reading →

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I Dream, Therefore I Write

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One of the bad things about getting old(er) is that it seems I don’t dream quite as often as I used to. I used to have so many dreams, so vivid in place and time and persons, that I kept … Continue reading →

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Writing: Not Seeing the Forest for the Trees

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It’s true: sometimes you must step away from your work long enough to gain a different perspective. This is why writers seek feedback. (Perhaps not all writers, but this one does!) We use our family members and friends, look for … Continue reading →

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