The next chapter
Have desk, will write (Photo credit: Bright Meadow) Today, I’m going to share some of what’s happening next with my work in progress (WIP). Early in the life of Writerly Goodness, I blogged regularly...
View ArticleSpinning the wheel for Chuck Wendig
So … this is my response to a flash fiction challenge posted by Chuck Wendig last Friday. Through random selection, I got sub-genre: Zombie Apocalypse; conflict: family torn apart; and must include: a...
View ArticleMay submit-o-rama was a bust :(
I got side-tracked, in a marvellous way, but still side-tracked, by courses. I know myself and my limits. Further, I’m focusing on fiction at this time versus verse, so I opted for the Choose your own...
View ArticleMy progress on the Just Write Challenge (and some other writing stuff)
I signed up for Kasie Whitener’s Just Write Challenge in December of last year (I think). The goal was to write 13 original short stories in the year. Later, Kasie amended the rules a bit to include...
View ArticleNight Traffic
Nikki sat cross-legged, playing her pan flute under an overhanging awning, baseball cap in front of her, but within reach. With any luck she’d coax a few more coins out of the night. The rain hadn’t...
View ArticleTipsday: Writerly Goodness found on the interwebz, Oct 11-17, 2020
Another week, another collection of informal writerly goodness. Black and Indigenous lives matter. All lives cannot matter until Black and Indigenous lives matter. Wear your masks. Maintain physical...
View ArticleTipsday: Informal writerly learnings, Jan 8-14, 2023
It’s tipsday! Your chance to stock up on informal writerly learnings! Nick Taylor explains how to create authentic queer characters. Louise Harnby Kelsey Allagood wonders, how do you explain climate...
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