Finishing out November #NaNoWriMo #WIPs #Writing

Hello, SEers. Mae here on the second to last Friday in November. Most of the month is behind us. If you live in the States, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. I know we’re all anxious to bid goodbye to 2020, but this month feels like it’s blown past at lightspeed. Maybe that’s because I’ve …

Science Fiction and November 2020

Hello, SE readers! Today I will again focus on inspiration--but with a twist. I’ve been thinking about Mark Twain, and not because I live a couple of hours from the Mississippi River. Rather, it's because I read some of his science fiction work and was haunted by his comment: “Truth is stranger than fiction, but …

Five Things to Do to Combat Burnout

  Hello, SEers, it’s John with you again. Today I would like to discuss a condition whose very existence is hardly ever acknowledged and certainly not discussed openly. The condition that I mention is an affliction with many labels but is most commonly known as burnout. Burnout can happen to anyone on any occasion and …

Memoir or Fiction

Hello, SE readers. In my prior post, I wrote about inspiration. Today I continue along that same path and compare how one experience might spark inspiration for either a memoir or a novel.  In a sense, all writing is fiction because memory is never totally accurate. For example, when police consider the accounts of everyone …

Inspiration

Hello, SE community! Gwen with you today. For my debut post, I’ve decided to focus on a topic dear to most writers—inspiration. Have you ever wondered about that elusive flash of insight that stimulates our imagination? I'm going to try to unravel this mysterious experience, and as a first step, we'll visit a museum. Within …