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CAMP NANO IS COMING - The Three Word Game
Hello potential campers, it's nearly April and Camp Nano is coming. It's that magical time when you set your own goals and finishing...
By Rebecca Waddell
Mar 26, 20181 min read
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Writing Through 8 - How to Keep Going
Today I'll tackle writing through temporary physical pain. Last October, I looked at November and couldn't see the glimmer of a...
By Rebecca Waddell
Mar 12, 20182 min read
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Writing Through 7 - 9 Ideas to Change it up
I’ve talked about a to write through a lot of blocks and stress using routine. Now, I’m going to talk about how sometimes routine is...
By Rebecca Waddell
Mar 5, 20181 min read
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Writing Through 5 - Chocolate
Yes, chocolate. I might be a pantser for the most part, but I believe in preparing for writing emergencies. By writing emergencies, I...
By Rebecca Waddell
Feb 12, 20182 min read
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It's a Journey 6
Okay, I've covered technology, education, gratitude, and a few other subjects. I think it's time to talk about organization. So, if...
By Rebecca Waddell
Dec 4, 20173 min read
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It's a Journey 5 - Gratitude
Writing seems solitary, but it's not and I'm grateful for that.
By Rebecca Waddell
Nov 20, 20174 min read
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It's a Journey 4
Yeah, I did learn to type on a typewriter... nostalgia... le sigh. Those were the days when I learned that I preferred editing on a...
By Rebecca Waddell
Nov 6, 20173 min read
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It's a Journey 2
So, last week I told you I wrote half a book and burned it and wrote an entire novel afterward. Great, you're all caught up now. The...
By Rebecca Waddell
Oct 9, 20172 min read
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It's a Journey 1
Welcome to a new series of blog posts about my writing journey. I'm starting off with how I started writing. Almost seventeen years ago,...
By Rebecca Waddell
Oct 2, 20171 min read
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USING FEAR
Fear is a huge emotion that we deal with far too often in real life. Of course, I'm a writer, so everything is fair game when it comes to...
By Rebecca Waddell
Aug 14, 20171 min read
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WRITING FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
Writing from a different perspective can be hard, but mainly it's just a shift in expectations. I once wrote a picture book from the...
By Rebecca Waddell
Jul 31, 20172 min read
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Reflection on a River
I wrote this while standing on the bridge over this portion of the Merced River last week. I'm struck by watching the water rush by in...
By Rebecca Waddell
Jul 3, 20171 min read
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Supply
Beautiful, isn't it? This picture is a five minute pause to appreciate the beauty of a full lake. Just two years ago, this was a dry,...
By Rebecca Waddell
Jan 23, 20171 min read
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Writerly Confession - 1
Sometimes I sit at my desk or wherever I'm writing and I write out a line and crack myself up so much I can't stop laughing. Honestly, I...
By Rebecca Waddell
Jan 2, 20171 min read
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Two at Once
So, I'm a weirdo. Not that this is in any way news, just putting it out there. I often write more than one book at a time, though I my...
By Rebecca Waddell
Dec 12, 20162 min read
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Surviving the Dark Forest of Doubt
So,we've all survived NaNoWriMo once again and maybe you have a whole book or part of one, or maybe you've been sick/busy/scared/a...
By Rebecca Waddell
Dec 5, 20163 min read
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NaNoWriMo - No Time, No Words
A huge theme in the nano world now is not enough time to get enough words to finish. Well, if that's you, I have exactly two things to...
By Rebecca Waddell
Nov 21, 20162 min read
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NaNoWriMo Halfway Mark
You’re either keeping up with the word count, feeling the pressure to get there, or have pushed beyond it. no matter what your nano meter...
By Rebecca Waddell
Nov 14, 20161 min read
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Happy NaNoWriMo Eve
Yeah, okay, it's Halloween, but at midnight, it becomes All Souls day and every word I write in my work in progress counts towards the...
Rebecca Waddell
Oct 31, 20162 min read
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Puzzling Out Perspective
My mom and I used to do jigsaw puzzles all the time. When I was in that mode, I would look around the world and gauge the scenery by how...
By Rebecca Waddell
Oct 10, 20162 min read
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