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Writing Thoughts November… Deadlines Wooshing, Writing While Sick, and Cute Toothless Pics

I love deadlines.  I like the wooshing sound they make as they fly by. — Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series Happy December everybody!  Yes, this post was meant to go out last week, before we left November, but sadly my household contracted the plague or some such nonsense and…

December 7, 2018 in Quotes.

Writing Thoughts October: There’s So Much Writing… with Origami Dragons by Petr Stuchly

There’s so much writing I could have done and so many ideas that I had and so many things I wanted to work on that I didn’t.  I like too much having things in my head rather than doing the work. — Sheila Heti, author, Motherhood and How Should a Person Be? Sorry I’m a bit late…

November 3, 2018 in Quotes.

Writing Thoughts August (a bit late): Everything We Love is Problematic, with Fandom Dragon by LittleCLUUs

Everything I love is problematic, … no media is perfect. … So what can we do? Love the things we love, but acknowledge room for improvement. — Delilah S. Dawson, Everything I Love is Problematic In November 2015, I read an amazing article by Delilah S. Dawson published on one of my favorite sites, The Mary Sue,…

September 4, 2018 in Quotes.

Writing Thoughts June: Queer Literary Discourse with Rainbow Art by Winters-Hart

The notion of a ‘gay literature’ is a product of precisely these discourses of power. It was invented to cement the idea that real literature is straight. In this scenario, gay literature is a niche product that only those directly affected need to bother about. – Robert Gillett, co-editor of Queer in Europe: Contemporary Case Studies…

June 28, 2018 in Quotes.

Writing Thoughts May: You Can’t Edit a Blank Page, Write Time by Ken Atchity, and Dragons by LeoDragonsWorks

You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page. — Jodi Picoult It’s almost the end of May already!  And I still haven’t gotten very far with this year’s resolution to work more on my novel…  But I do have a plan, and…

May 24, 2018 in Dragons, Quotes.

AtoZ 2018 – Reflections, and Dragon Soul by ryky

Wow, AtoZ 2018 is over?!  I can’t believe how fast that month went by!  Since this is a dragon artwork blog, I always have so many options to choose from for the letter D, so I’m happy to share this one today — this is Dragon Soul by Czech professional artist Benjamin, posting as ryky.  He’s…

May 5, 2018 in A to Z Challenge 2018, Quotes.

Writing Thoughts March: Goals, Progress, the April Schedule, and a Dragon Illustrated by Wanda Korosec

Goals in writing are dreams with deadlines. — Brian Tracy I loved this quote when I found it, because I chose to read that as “goals in writing“ — i.e. writing goals — “are dreams with deadlines.”   And this year I’m definitely putting myself on a clock to get more work done on my novel Finding Dragons! (Then my…

March 29, 2018 in Dragons, Quotes.

Writing Thoughts: Finding time, a Time Dragon by Allison Theus, a posting scheduling update, and AtoZ plans!

You will never ‘find‘ time for anything. If you want time, you must make it. — Charles Bruxton, Notes of Thought  I can’t believe I’ve been writing this blog for over two years now, and I really can’t believe that when I started, I was posting almost every single day!  My posts were super short in the…

February 26, 2018 in Dragons, Quotes.

Writing Thoughts: It’s all been said before; Shadow Dragon by Neytirix

I think new writers are too worried that it has all been said before.  Sure it has, but not by you. — Asha Dornfest I’m technically done with my Finish Your Novel writing class, but I’m still not ready to post what I worked on (and what I’m still working on), so more on that later. …

February 5, 2018 in Dragons, Quotes.

Baby Bookwyrms by How Many Dragons?, Twin Cities Book Festival 2017, and New Fiction Recommendations!

I’m late!  I must’ve dozed off like this adorable baby bookwyrm, sorry!  These little sweethearts love their books, and were created by one of my favorite artists, Lindy Briggs at How Many Dragons?.  They’re perfect for my post today, for the dozing and the books combined! Book lovers from all over the region gathered on Saturday,…

October 23, 2017 in Dragons, Quotes.

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I finished my third AtoZ Challenge in April 2018! I went back to featuring random dragons each day, and found some really fantastic artwork.
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I survived and completed my first AtoZ Challenge in April 2016!
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