October 31st 2005 archive

Good News/Bad News

Good news: I found the rough draft of the article I wrote over two years ago that the editor requested last week

Bad news: It really sucks worse than I remembered. Way too many words, some unrelated ideas, scattered structure (if you call that structure)…as a writer, do you ever look back on the stuff you’ve written in the past, after a passage of significant time and say…thank God they didn’t publish this? LOL.

The ideas are good, even worthy of some research. But the presentation…well, that’s what I should be doing now instead of blogging.

I think I will.

It's pretty simple, really. I'm a writer who loves writing about writing, and sharing all the tricks of the trade with other writers. And when I'm not writing, I'm thinking about writing. I have a hunch you know what I mean :) Read More