. . . the wildness in the way she ran about on the sand, unfettered and free. This girl is a marvel, a joy to watch where she's normally so quiet. Everything she saw, everything she touched was new. No matter how many times her eyes had seen a wave crashing down into white foam,…
A book collection or a life?
Two years ago I lost all of my books. A twenty-something year old collection of fiction, non-fiction, collector's editions, first editions, science texts and my own thesis. Yesterday, I walked 7km to get this book so I could start it again. Ahhh . . . But why this one in particular? Well . . .…
Just another day.
I thought about dying today. This isn’t anything new. Most days death passes through my mind. I’m a writer, aren’t I? Some of my characters die, some deal with their deaths. Others are constantly surrounded by it (looking at you, Azrael.) Others, well they give death to their counterparts like the villains they truly are.…
Mmmh.
Le sigh. Just a quick one this time... no writing update, just my state of mind. I can’t talk, so I write. I’m overwhelmed. There’s no other way to put it, and this isn’t a good thing. My head feels like it’s simultaneously exploding and being crushed, and my mind is doing that thing where…
Instincts…
Oops I think I did it again. Moving on from the character biographies I was writing a few days ago (and bear in mind, these aren’t essays, merely 200-400 words per character), I decided to officially start on my world-building document. I have all of this information in my head for the trilogy I’m about…
The motivation of Nan.
It’s been a hot second .. or ten. It happens, I get sidetracked easily by things, sometimes I get stuck in my head, sometimes I just stare at the wall. This time though, well, all I can really say is ‘shit got real’. Again. I’ve been having feelings of real inadequacy, the crippling kind that…
The good advice…
This is so me, but my rp accounts. What practical tasks do you need to set yourself up as a professional writer? Off the top of my head, this question brings back to mind a recent conversation I had with another writer who is quite well published and has been gently prodding me to put…
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
Musings of LAmanda 