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December 14, 2005

Post Secret for inspiration

If a fiction writer ever needed inspiration, Post Secret has to be one of the most likely places to find it. But I suspect most fiction writers are like me, with so many ideas they can’t sleep at night for fear they’ll never have time to use even the best of them.

View the blog, or read Post Secret the book, available at Amazon.

— Barbara @ rudimentary 11:36 am PST, 12/14/05

July 16, 2005

Writing but not blogging

Sunflower 2003

If I were perfect, I’d be able to write books really fast and post on my blog every day, like those amazing, super-productive super-people out there. You know who you are.

Unfortunately, I’m terribly slow at both, and I need to focus on one or the other for extended periods of time in order to get much accomplished at either.

I’ve been busy working on my book, so I’ve been away from this blog, the other blogs I love to read, and even my email.
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— Barbara @ rudimentary 8:06 pm PST, 07/16/05

May 15, 2005

Writing every day

Vikk Simmons at Down the Writer’s Path asks Why write every day?

I read yesterday in The Writer’s Mentor that Mark Twain began writing the story of Joan of Arc six times over the course of twelve years. He said, “There are some books that refuse to be written . . . only because the right form for the story does not present itself.” Of course, he didn’t let that not-ready-to-be-written story stop him. According to the site linked under his name, Twain published nine works including Life on the Mississippi, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer Abroad, and Pudd’nhead Wilson during the twelve-year period prior to Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc.

Regarding the need to write every day, the only question a writer in that situation ought to ask is: Do I want to write? If the answer is yes, even though what you think you want to write may be stuck for now, that doesn’t mean you should stop writing. (more…)

— Barbara @ rudimentary 6:44 pm PST, 05/15/05

February 11, 2005

Who is this blog for?

Of course my next question is, who is your blog for?

Dave Pollard, at How To Save the World offers a beautifully thought out comparison in his essay, Is the Blogosphere Like a Railway Network? I must agree with Justin, who commented there, Dave’s blog is often more of a destination than a way station. But then I find myself wondering if someone who thinks and writes like Dave knows of some other interesting blogs. My gaze drifts toward his blogroll. Then I realize, his post was a response to something he read on another blog, where an article asked the question, after its author read still more blogs. A viral form of communication is taking place. This is exciting and powerful stuff!
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— Barbara @ rudimentary 3:46 pm PST, 02/11/05


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