How Not To Write

On a cold morning, it’s difficult to get excited about running. The bed is warm, but the alarm goes off anyway. I might lie there for fifteen minutes trying to convince myself to just go back to sleep while simultaneously picturing all the things I ate the day before as evidence to the [...]

In 1922, Ernest Hemingway lost a suitcase filled with stories and a fragment of a WWI novel.
But what if Hemingway didn’t lose his suitcase of stories? What if it wasn’t stolen? What if he tossed it into the Seine to free himself from the past?
Well if he did, it obviously it [...]

I’m one of those writers who scribbles before going into the office each day. The sort you read about, who suddenly make it big and has this wonderful tale to tell about struggling and fighting for their art. Someday, maybe that will be me, but today I’m still the weird guy who spends [...]

In my ever-expanding quest to keep myself so busy that I can’t work on my next story, I present to you the writerly musings of others from around the web this week (or so):
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JBStanley has a hilarious post on InkSpot about wrestling mother nature and a deadline.
Killer Woodpeckers:
A red-headed woodpecker with the charm of dear old Woody began pecking at the birch tree outside the window where my desk is located. I thought, “What a cool bird. He’s gorgeous!”
By February, I wasn’t so fond of him…
[Via: InkSpot]