Chocolate for Editing
An oldie! I made this when I first started out as a novelist, somewhere in the ten-thousandth revision of Darkhaven. Probably.
September Poetry Challenge #1
1 Secrets and oaths He never held back on the hug.That was why she kept comingAnd he kept comingAnd she swallowed, over and over and over,The lie.It could have been…
Fox’s Map of the Creative Journey
I have many thoughts on the creative process. On social pressure. On the 'tortured artist'. Not all of them can be condensed into a page of silly scribbles, but some…
Story Burn
That feeling of a story all coming together in my head and that I need to write it all down all at once right now, and until I do I can't think…
Plans sprouting wings and flying away
(That heading will make no sense if you're not receiving my newsletter!) Plans get away from me when I stumble and begin to doubt my ability. But it's so rarely…
The Editing Doom Tunnel
What happens when I suddenly realise I have an editing deadline. Yes, yes, I do schedule the deadlines myself. Somehow, they still sneak up on me. No, contrary to popular…
Smash Draft Road
Smash it out and fix it later! If you want the background to my silly drawings and processes, sign up for my newsletter ;)
When an edit goes bad
The general attitude in the writing world is that the editor is always right. I've worked with quite a few by now. Most of them I'm perfectly neutral on. A…
When writing isn’t writing
Fox, surely you should just be writing. Wasn't that the whole point? It's been weeks. Months. What's with all this 'plotting' business? I wish I was joyfully tapping the keys.…
My brain lied to me
Have you ever had that feeling where you've got a brilliant idea, and in your head it's wondrous, but when you go to explain it to someone, suddenly that Van…