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Who Wants to Illustrate My Muse? 

I’m not much of an artist (obviously), but I’d love to have an illustration of the muse I created in my “The Night Before Deadline” poem. Here are the lines that describe her: For only a moment, my vision was blurred, then on my desk perched a girl like a bird. Her fingers were pencils,Continue reading “Who Wants to Illustrate My Muse? “

The Night Before Deadline

  The Night Before Deadline ‘Twas the night before deadline, and all over my desk not a character stirred—the manuscript was a mess. The computer was on, the cursor was blinking in hopes that a plotline would soon enter my thinking. The coffee cups were empty, the blogs had been read, yet nothing—no nothing!—danced inContinue reading “The Night Before Deadline”

Christmas Songs for Writers

1. The First Novel 2. O Holy Plot 3. All I Want for Christmas is Muse 4. Revisin’ Around the Christmas Tree 5. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fiction 6. The Twelve Years of Revising 7. God Rest Ye Weary Typing Hands 8. Go Pitch It at a Conference 9. Do You ReadContinue reading “Christmas Songs for Writers”