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Category Archives: Process
Getting Closer
The book, oh the book. Every day I do not write the book. But I poke at it around the edges. I send email to strangers looking for information I don’t have, and they probably don’t either. I do web … Continue reading
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Dropping the Ball
Well, I missed last week’s window to blog. I wish I could say it was because I was working so hard on the book, or so absorbed in reading someone else’s, but the truth is I was just flat lazy … Continue reading
Posted in Excused Absence, Nonfiction, Process
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This Is How We Don’t Do It…
… And then I have weeks like this one, where work and family and life in general got in the way. I got some research done. I read a little bit of a book I’ll talk about when I’ve finished it. … Continue reading
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News, Both Fresh and Dated
Between vacations, the end of the fiscal year at work, and a pretty dramatic paradigm shift in my own writing-for-fun, I’ve been neglecting ye olde writing blog again. Time to fix that. First: I am pleased and proud to announce … Continue reading
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All About the Process
At my paying job yesterday, I suddenly realized that I am enveloped in upward of six projects, all at different phases of production. Since I am only really capable of holding three ideas in my head at once, this was … Continue reading
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Overtaken by Events
One of the things you learn working in news — especially online news — is the art of the update. It goes something like this: A house catches fire. A short story goes on the news website. The firemen arrive. … Continue reading
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Yes and No
Things that help when writing: Quiet. Good lighting. An ability to keep your mind focused on what you’re writing about. At least one solid uninterrupted hour of sitting. Mise en place — having drinks, laptop, phones, reference materials, whatever other … Continue reading
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Arwen Adams Bicknell 