by Tea | Apr 25, 2024 | How To Be a Writer, Tips, writing
“II know I should start up a writing practice again. I just don’t have any time and my books just seem to suffer for it,” I said.My reflection eyed me. “Right.”“What?”“Well, I mean, you have time.”“Yeah, but I can’t settle on a project. And without a project, I can’t...
by Tea | Apr 16, 2024 | How To Be a Writer, Tips, writing
So the title of this blog is a bit of a mislead. It isn’t just genre variation you should read, but many other variations of fiction and non-fiction too. Languages of origin, racial backgrounds, education backgrounds, philosophical thought, etc., etc. All of that...
by Tea | Oct 7, 2023 | how to, How To Be a Writer, Tips, writing
When I started writing, in what feels like a lifetime ago, I felt invincible. I felt miserable. Elated at one turn, frustrated at another. The writer’s life. Though I have met plenty of writers who share openly their utter ecstasy of writing and creating, I have...
by Tea | Aug 31, 2023 | Tips, writing
It’s been a hot minute since I remembered to write a blog post, and when I thought of one today, it had to be brief and cover things quickly. The joy of chronic illness is finding those pockets of time you can use. Tech and its uses are something I do know a bit...
by Tea | Jul 1, 2023 | How To Be a Writer, writing
So. Have you ever been told, “You just need to toughen up?” Honestly. How many times? Because me? I’m averaging … a lot. Sensitivity is frowned upon when it comes to writing. Which is kind of absurd when you think about how fiction writing is...
by Tea | Jun 11, 2023 | how to, How To Be a Writer, writing
A while back, I saw some discourse about outlining. Now this started due to a post about George R.R. Martin and his delay on the next book for his Game Of Thrones series. There was this sort of smug superiority going on that if he just had an outline that he’d...
by Tea | Jun 3, 2023 | how to, writing
/A short blog today because it has been a week/ There’s a pretty common thread that pops up in writing groups and on reddit. “I want to write ____ but I’m not _____. Can I still write something like it?” And my head hurts every time due to some...
by Tea | May 21, 2023 | how to, writing
This isn’t going to be your usual guide. And it’s a short blog. So win win. Because I don’t believe in excessive tools. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve used a lot of tools, for everything from writing to marketing to social media to pretending...
by Tea | May 11, 2023 | how to, writing
If you’ve ever wandered bookshelves at a store and scoffed at some titles, going “I could do that”… but you’ve never written a word, you might be one of those people who need some help when you realize what you got yourself into. Or you might have watched a...
by Tea | Nov 28, 2022 | how to, writing
Ah, the old problem that really is a worldwide problem for every creative person everywhere, but let’s just pretend this is only writers. I don’t know many, if any, writers who don’t suffer from a ‘squirrelly brain’ on occasion. Even in moments of...
