http://www.makingofawriter.com Journal notes on the trip from dreamer to writer. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:42:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I did. I really did. But I've just got too many ideas for things I want to write. A couple of solid ideas for articles, two or three novels (mysteries, no less) just waiting to get started,... I can't just close the door on those things. I can't get them ... http://www.makingofawriter.com/2008/01/22/i-really-tried-to-let-this-one-go/ I have several ideas for things to write which can come together eventually. I also have a number of ideas for things to blog which can come together more quickly. So I think...I think...I think I'm going to have to put the Making of a Writer on standby for a ... http://www.makingofawriter.com/2007/10/02/im-torn/ Now this I like. I thought the blue was a bit heavy. The new brown background lightens things up a bit, and adds a warmth that wasn't there before. I like it! http://www.makingofawriter.com/2007/09/19/procrastination-disguised-as-work-or-another-site-design-update/ Who do I write for? "You write for yourse--" Blahblahblah yeah whatever. Writing for myself is a journal. Writing for myself won't put food on the table, at least not until I'm famous enough that people want to read my journals. Then I'll probably be dead. Too late! I'm talking ... http://www.makingofawriter.com/2007/09/18/markets-for-writers-today/ I was about to write whine some more about how hard it is to get writing done because I have so many irons in the fire. And I keep adding more. But that's just making excuses. I just have to decide what's important I guess. http://www.makingofawriter.com/2007/09/17/a-lot-of-irons-in-the-fire/ So I've changed the theme of the site. Hopefully that'll fix the ugly problem I posted about a while ago. I haven't tested it yet, though, because it's late and I'm tired. But I didn't fiddle with this theme's appearances at all. It's completely stock. Well, okay, I replaced the ... http://www.makingofawriter.com/2007/09/08/site-still-ugly/ I read somewhere recently that there are about 50 million blogs extant on the web, but only about half of those are active--i.e., showing activity within the last 30 or so days. Well, I'm not going to be in the bottom half of that class, nosirree! Just need to make sure ... http://www.makingofawriter.com/2007/08/31/hanging-on/ It's a common question for writers: "Where do you get your ideas?" I don't get it. I think getting ideas for things to write about is easy. So far I've got ideas for a themed collection of short stories, a few short story standalones, a series of novels (yes, a ... http://www.makingofawriter.com/2007/08/24/the-idea-is-easy-the-writing-is-scary/ But I suppose everything worth doing is, hm? My two big challenges right now are finding time and finding heart. Finding time I knew this would be a tough one, and it is. What with the work, the kids, and all that, finding time to just write is tough. But not impossible, ... http://www.makingofawriter.com/2007/08/16/oh-man-this-is-proving-challenging/ It may not seem like much, but for me it's a big step. It means something's made the leap from "Story Idea" to "Story." It's not reading a how-to book. It's not reading how-to articles on the web. It's not reading a writing magazine. It's not dinking around with writing software demos. It's not grasping ... http://www.makingofawriter.com/2007/08/14/i-started-writing-a-story/