I have written another novel! Once again, the experience was amazing. Writing with other people, having a crazy deadline and no lofty goals when I complete was just what I…
Jane's Folly Posts
Ok, you are writing along and then… then what? You need ideas. Inspiration. What happens next? Waiting for inspiration to strike is like hoping the empty carton of milk in…
National Novel Writing Month, November, is here. For those not in the know, it’s a chance to shed all reservations about writing and just write with literary abandon, with the…
I made a scarf for my daughter, using cotton yarn. The pattern was extremely simple and looks great. Cast on 30 stitches (or odd number to suit what width you…
Knitting is very soothing. It is something between meditation and fiddling with your hands. I was stuck in the Dulles airport for a day…
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…
