The Age We Are
People tell me not to call myself “old,” as if denying it will change the truth of it. (My mom is still well at 97, so I have it in...
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nancywaldman
Aug 14, 2015
No Place to Hide
The other day while we were taking our evening walk, he told me about a “stupid mistake” (is there any other kind?) he’d made. Then he...
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nancywaldman
Feb 7, 2013
Recipe for Revision
For the last week or so, I’ve been working on the novel I wrote in November during NaNoWriMo. Today I admitted to myself, that while...
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nancywaldman
Nov 1, 2012
Day 1 – A Pitch in Time
I was surprisingly anxious about beginning, but found it neither too hard nor too easy. Maybe that’s what we call “just right?”...
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nancywaldman
Oct 31, 2012
A Month of Words
In case there is anyone out there who doesn’t know, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It’s an idea, a concept, a...
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nancywaldman
Aug 16, 2012
Kangaroos are Cool
Canadians do not say such sentences casually. We say it with the same emotion as someone would say, “I won the lottery!” It stays cold...
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nancywaldman
Aug 6, 2012
Written into a Corner
I’m speeding along at a rapid, first-draft clip, feeling on top of my writing game, when I find myself rather suddenly up against a wall....
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nancywaldman
Jul 18, 2012
Seeing Voices
So how do you come up with complex, interesting characters? Get them to talk. Engage them in conversation. Ask them questions not only...
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nancywaldman
Jun 2, 2010
Trusting the Glimmers
#ideas #question #decisions #stories #NeilGaiman #advice #glimmers #thoughts #tips #fiction #inspiration #onwriting #Writing
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nancywaldman
May 29, 2010
S.P.O.T. List
working draft When I became an editor for Third Person Press, I had no idea what a vast improvement being this role would make to my own...
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nancywaldman
May 28, 2010
Shiny and New
[singlepic id=7 w=320 h=240 float=left]Getting a writing project to the completed draft stage is delightful, but there’s a downside. If...
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