I just stopped reading another book. Actually I stopped reading it days ago, and I just now realized I won’t start again. It’s been sitting beside my bed, and I’ve picked up several things since, neglecting this pretty blue cover I found so appealing in the store.
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Just popping in to wish everyone a Happy Vernal Equinox.

off the face of the planet. I’m just taking a bit of a hiatus from the blog to focus on some other projects. Some of it is really boring stuff like taxes, setting up a new accounting system, and so forth. But maybe I’ll take a day or two to just play. I’ll be back soon. Be well!

For the first few pages of Finding Your Voice: How to Put Personality in Your Writing, I didn’t think I’d get much out of it. Les Edgerton didn’t sound like any writing teacher I’d ever listened to. By the time I’d finished reading Chapter One I felt more at home, and I knew I’d continue reading. Why? Les Edgerton understands voice, and he writes about it in a way I understand. What put me off at first? Surprise. I’m not used to finding such a friendly voice in a book on writing. (more…)

My biggest pet peeve about writing on a computer is how I get lost in the stream of prose. This doesn’t happen with a stack of paper. At least I don’t think it did, but I’ve been writing on a computer for so many years it’s possible my memory of typewriter writing is faulty. I remember revisions involved a lot more retyping back then. I wouldn’t want to return to that, but eventually, in fact a few times in the course of writing a book, I reach a point where I must print and read my work on real paper, in order to get my bearings.
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