Category Archives: writing

The Problem with “Write What You Know”

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Arizela

I watched a TED talk recently by a rather well-known author who has an amazing personal story. (If you don’t know what a TED talk is, look it up. You’re missing some awesome stuff.) Elif Shafak grew up as a … Continue reading →

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Oops, there it is

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Arizela

Yesterday, from late afternoon through the evening, I managed to hammer out a couple of world-building concepts for a new story. Considering that I’d been struggling for three days to try to come up with something cohesive enough to call … Continue reading →

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Wonderous Words

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Arizela

Way back when I first started writing, I used to belong to an online critique and writing group* that would hold these crazy contests a few times a year. BIAW – “Book in a Week” was my favorite. It involved … Continue reading →

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Creative Hiatus

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Arizela

I’ve been on an unintentional writing hiatus for a while now. Between the rib pain that won’t seem to go away, and life otherwise just catching up with me after a long spell of nothing going right, I think the … Continue reading →

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Not Dead

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Arizela

So I haven’t posted in a while. This is a natural consequence of having applied my butt to a chair and my hands to a keyboard in the direction of actually working on my writing for the last couple of … Continue reading →

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