Category Archives: writing

The Questions with Joy Ross Davis: writer

Poor Joy. I feel so terrible. I asked quite a while back for people to answer The Questions and Joy kindly answered. Like three years ago. And, my life… happened, or stopped happening, as the case may be. Back then, … Continue reading

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#IWSG – So you want to be a writer…. (pt 6)

In my last episode in this series, I told you that you need to get used to disappointment as a writer. And to develop thick skin. In this episode, I want to talk about the dreaded C word: criticism. I … Continue reading

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#dSavannahDefects – I is for… (pt 1)

… insistent Hello my dear and faithful readers, I am (obviously) posting late for ye ole letter “I”, and I’m sorry to inform you all that it will also be a lacking post, because I am exhausted and hurting (which … Continue reading

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#FictionFriday: (the start of something)

She paused at the entrance to the great room, reached to her right, and flipped on the light. She could make her way through the rest of the house, in the dark, blind-folded, with no problems, but no matter how … Continue reading

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#FictionFriday: (nothing)

No, “nothing” isn’t the name of today’s fiction piece. “Nothing” is what I have to share today. I think I mentioned that I have a lot of old stories on my old computer, and that I hadn’t converted them from … Continue reading

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#FictionFriday: In Another Era

In another era, I died at this age. When I died, I was an old woman – my hair lank and heavy, my face seamed and lined from sun and wind and from squinting into both, my joints swollen and … Continue reading

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#IWSG – So you want to be a writer…. (pt 5)

So it’s time once again for my ramblings on the craft of writing for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group, or #IWSG. I didn’t end up writing anything for January or February (bad me), even tho I’m supposed to write something … Continue reading

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