Category Archives: Blog Musings

Random thoughts that I wish to share with the world.

Where to Go from Here?

Posted on 2015-12-06 by Matthew Shean

NaNoWriMo has ended, about a week past.  I’ve written about my expectations, about what it’s taught me, and about whether I feel I met those expectations. So, now what? Well, as I said at the outset – NaNoWriMo is viewed by some … Continue reading →

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What Have I Learned?

Posted on 2015-11-29 by Matthew Shean

So, today’s the 29th of 30 days in November, and NaNoWriMo 2015 is drawing to a close soon.  What have I learned?  How have I done?  And did I meet my goals? Well, first let’s look at the metric most people … Continue reading →

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Shattering Myths and Misconceptions

Posted on 2015-11-06 by Matthew Shean

Shattering Myths and Misconceptions, or What I’ve learned about myself from less than a week of NaNoWriMo Myth #1: Writing Takes Time I have always operated based on the belief, backed up by years of experience, that in order to write, … Continue reading →

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Getting Back into a Rhythm

Posted on 2015-09-14 by Matthew Shean

In the Season 3 finale episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Graduation Day: Part 2), the gang has just graduated high school, as well as fought and (SPOILER!) defeated the Big Bad of the season. In the aftermath, Seth Green’s character, Oz, … Continue reading →

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Handling Rejection

Posted on 2015-08-11 by Matthew Shean

Rejection is never far away from a working author. Some of the major speculative fiction (that’s industry terminology for science fiction, fantasy, or horror.  All three also collectively known as ‘genre fiction’) markets for short stories have acceptance rates of … Continue reading →

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Suspense

Posted on 2015-07-09 by Matthew Shean

I’m not writing today about how to write suspense, but rather about the sense of suspense I am living in. I posted back at the end of March that I had submitted my first real story submission, and in the … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Convergence and Plagiarism

Posted on 2015-06-17 by Matthew Shean

Hello all. It’s been just over 2 months since I’ve posted here.  No real reason why yea or nay.  Don’t have enough interesting to say to put it here daily, and in the writing time I have, I’d rather spend it … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Beginnings 2 – On Starting, The Gap, and Letting It Suck.

Posted on 2015-04-14 by Matthew Shean

I am sitting here in my living room, trying to get back into some sort of writing groove. I had nearly two weeks of time with my kidlets home from school, and it felt like there was no time at … Continue reading →

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On Radio Silence, Balance, and Parenting

Posted on 2015-04-07 by Matthew Shean

It’s been nearly a week since I’ve posted on the Here I Go. And the reasons behind it get to the very reason I am writing this blog in the first place – to talk out loud my fumbling attempts … Continue reading →

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Different Beginnings – Health While Writing from Home

Posted on 2015-04-01 by Matthew Shean

We’re talking about beginnings this week.  While I went on at length yesterday about ways to begin a story, let’s shift gears and talk about beginnings in life. This isn’t strictly the first time I’ve spent a chunk of time … Continue reading →

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