Category Archives: Merry-Go-Round Blog Tour

Motivation?

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Erin

There are two sources of motivation: external and internal. I love me some external rewards — sales, nice words, the comments I still get occasionally about people recommending my story “Matchmaker” to family as an excellent example of SF with … Continue reading →

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Quite the character!

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Erin

Ack! I completely forgot this was supposed to go up on Sunday. My apologies for the tardiness! So this month’s topic is to blog about our favorite character. For me, this is both very easy and very hard — easy … Continue reading →

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Aiming high and making progress

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Erin

I’ve got lots of thing in progress. Recently, in fact, I remembered a couple of series I started plotting out but hadn’t started writing. Things are moving along, not quite glacially, but certainly slower this year than in previous years. … Continue reading →

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Same old, same old? Not so much

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Erin

I’ve tried all the various routines, from writing in every spare moment to writing a specific number of words per day (mostly in the first couple of NaNoWriMos I participated in) to binge writing. I’ve written things straight through from … Continue reading →

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Stacking up the blocks

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Erin

I wasn’t sure at first that I had something to say about writer’s block. I’ve always got something to work on, and I tend to follow Asimov’s advice — if I get stuck on one project, just shift to another. … Continue reading →

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First, or not?

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Erin

I’ve had a lot of firsts in my writing career: the first poem I wrote (on daffodils), the first book I started to write (it was supposed to be a Regency romance), the first serial I wrote (portal fantasy), the … Continue reading →

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Looking forward

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Erin

What projects lie ahead this year? Well, I posted recently about everything I’m working on, and all of it’s still in process (especially those items in the planning stages): the cozy mystery, the next paranormal romance, the middle-grades, the fantasy, … Continue reading →

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My favorite reads of 2012

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Erin

Back at the beginning of the year, when the Merry-Go-Round Blog Tour topics were picked, I thought this would be an excellent chance to point out the things I’d loved and get my ideas together for Hugo awards. Which is … Continue reading →

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So much variety!

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Erin

As everyone who has been paying attention knows, I’m truly grateful to have electricity and Internet back. However, for my weekly gratitude post, I want to talk about something else — and I’m cheating a bit by melding this with … Continue reading →

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Defining ‘pro’ — again

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Erin

I talked about various levels of defining a pro writer in my post On Being A Neopro, back toward the beginning of the year. I forgot to mention one definition then — someone who makes their living from writing. Yes, … Continue reading →

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