Writerly Ways

Made it back to OH. My phone lines are down but other than that, it was fine. The knee did not hurt until I tried walking on the gravel. Only half the crap is in the house. I didn't want to over tire myself going up and down off the porch because yeah I am terrified of falling.

So for writerly ways I have to say I find character sheets very helpful. I write multiple stories at a time and it's EASY for me to forget little details like scars or tattoos or which arm I amputated.... So do you have a favorite character sheet? Can you share it?

I want to start them for my nano novel. For once I might loosely outline something. I know this will be at least two books long so that will take some doing.

Another question for you. In my YA novel I meant for synesthesia to give the Irish protagonist psychic abilities (you can see that listed as a possibility in some write ups). The trouble is that was a nano novel and in multiple attempts to edit and add it I've failed. It would be a herculean effort to do it right. Also someone in the writers group was constantly telling me he saw it way too often. I've seen it twice myself but maybe he's right. Anyhow, how would you think about surviving a lightning strike, another listed cause of psychic abilities?


How about some links?

From around the web

Writeability Resources

Fairy Tales from Around the World on Google Earth

Pay attention! Your Next Novel Can Come From Anywhere

Cliché Finder



Kevin Hearne: Five Things I Learned Writing Paper & Blood

From Betty

One Thing That Works For Me with guest Audra Jennings: A Good PR Inquiry Email

It's Okay To Fall Down

Don’t Let Excess Baggage Bring Down Your Character’s Plane

Creating Creatures for Speculative Worlds

How to Hone Your Fiction Craft

How Pain Kills Creativity for Writers (oddly for me it crystallized my time for writing)

How to Banish Shiny Object Syndrome.

Relationship Thesaurus Entry: One-Night Stand Lovers

Bad Apples (about agents)

How an editor at a publisher acquires a book