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Category Archives: Writing habits
A blog’s evolution
Back in 2005, when I originally devised this blog as a way to chronicle my foray into becoming a published author, I imagined a fairly linear path. I envisioned posts about writing inspirations, habits, techniques. Not in my wildest dreams … Continue reading
‘I Dreamt of Sin and Aftermath’
I try to write my dreams down often, in order to chronicle my unconscious and to mine material for writing. In the past three nights, I have experienced very intense nightmares. Though normally I might relish this feast of writing … Continue reading
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Writing for Busy People in 10 Easy Steps
1. Grunt the word “Ugh.” 2. Cry because you have too many grad school deadlines, too many chores, a leaky faucet that sprays your face everyday. 3. Check Twitter for relief. 4. Tell yourself to not check Twitter, to stop … Continue reading
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Theseus heard the Minotaur through the walls
This wonderfully cool afternoon, a simple and brief update, Gentle Readers. I wrote 1,700 words in a new story, untitled as of yet. I’ve been wanting to go to greater depths in my writing, and this time, I think I … Continue reading
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Tim Frick: Twelve Ways to Balance Work and Writing, #12
Last of the red hot writing tips, here it is: 12. Reading. There are few things more inspiring than reading something that shakes you to the core, either with its humor, drama, philosophy or the poetry of its sentence structure … Continue reading
“She’s a —–!”
For those of you interested in painting and art, you must go check out the following exhibit from the Packer Schopf gallery here in Chicago. Without putting too fine a point on it, it has GIANT BAT SCULPTURES. Guess who … Continue reading
Tim Frick: Twelve Ways to Balance Work and Writing, #11
We’re in the home stretch here with only one more tip to go. 11. Sharing. Writing workshops don’t work for everyone, but they do work for a lot of people, myself included. I like the structure and regular deadlines they … Continue reading
Tim Frick: Twelve Ways to Balance Work and Writing, #10
10. Lubricating. Your mind needs to be in the right place before it will cooperate with your writing endeavors. As much as I like to think I can write on demand if my brain has been predisposed or distracted by daily minutiae it … Continue reading
A Six-Legged Work Ethic: You Better Work
To put it simply, 2009 is off to a raucous, rolling start. It’s coming at me from all sides. The day job is in high season, grad school’s started (check the Urraca Twitter feed for occasional updates on HCI and … Continue reading
Tim Frick: Twelve Ways to Balance Work and Writing, #9
So here’s tip number nine of the life/work/writing balance series. 9. Journaling. Turns out my college profs were right about that whole writing muscle thing. It really does atrophy just like any other muscle if you don’t give it a … Continue reading
