Knitting is very soothing. It is something between meditation and fiddling with your hands. I was stuck in the Dulles airport for a day…
Jane's Folly Posts
Right now, nothing I write is any good. In fact, it’s horrible. Worse than drivel. It is so hard to fight against the inner critic. While it is destructive, it’s…
So I have finished Brandon Sanderson’s 1,001 page opus, “The Way of Kings”. He has begun his story. This man is a world-builder and a character creator. If I was…
Library craft time this week was Delft tiles. The summer reading theme this year is “One World, Many Stories” and we are doing crafts from around the world. The Delft…
Sometimes I struggle with myself about creative endeavors. Writing in hopes of publication, crafting useful items and hand made presents, that is acceptable, but playing around creatively? I shouldn’t, some…
I was halfway through the book before I realized that Stephen King’s On Writing is basically an auto-biography (the copy I have has been labeled Dewey Decimal 92, instead of 808…
Here’s a sheep I knitted for my Mum’s birthday. I followed instructions from Flutterby Patch with a little tweaking. He’s supposed to have a wool overcoat, but I’ll give her…
I’m currently reading “The Art of War for Writers” by James Scott Bell, and I’ll review it when I’m done. I’ve read quite a lot of books on writing, crafts,…
Book review:
How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead: Your Words in Print, Your Name in Lights by Ariel Gore.
Becoming a famous writer isn’t about selling celebrity secrets or field-tackling literary agents at conventions. Reading this book was like having a wild, shameless writer grab you by the hand and run into the world of being published.
