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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Thoughts on Beginnings 1 – Keeping Them Reading
I intend ‘Here I Go’ to be not just a daily blog of my doings, but also a sort of think out loud exploration of writing as I learn my way. That said, seeing as how this is the … Continue reading
Submitting
My stomach is vibrating and my pulse is racing. I’ve just submitted a story. It’s not my first submission, but it’s the first one I consider a real submission. Years ago, I took one of the stories I had written … Continue reading
Beta Readers 2 – Testing Them Out and Breaking Them In
Last time here at Here I Go, I wrote a bit about what beta readers are and aren’t. This was all information I had gathered second-hand and from afar. Stuff I knew from incessantly reading about and craving the writer’s … Continue reading
Beta-Readers 1 – What are they?
Previously on the blog, I spoke a bit about my decision to quit my job before becoming a successful writer, and not the other way around, like everyone tells you to. In short – no real choice for me, and … Continue reading
Shouldn’t You Be Writing?
Let’s talk today about working from home. (Bonus content: I have a sinus infection and wrote this while grumpy. See if you can pick out the part where I get derailed by wracking coughs of mucus dislodgment, and spiral into disconnected … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Quitting My Job (or: Don’t Do What I Did, But I Had to Do It)
I am a writer. I was a scientist too, but I was a writer first. Every bit of advice about writing that I have ever seen includes 2 main ideas. First – you must write. Goes without saying, kinda, but … Continue reading
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Mission Statement, of sorts.
Welcome to Here I Go, the blog where I will catalog the beginnings of my career as a writer. So let’s talk a bit about what this will be, and what it won’t be. I’ll be randomly musing on advice … Continue reading
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