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Life In General · Writing

A New Month of Madness

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 Shanan Winters3 Comments

“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!” — Don Quixote de La Mancha  … Continue reading A New Month of Madness

NaNoWriMo · Writing

Should You NaNo?

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 Shanan WintersLeave a comment

There are a whole lot of opinions around NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writer’s Month) and its companion program, Camp NaNoWriMo… the latter of which begins today. There are plenty of articles written on why you should or why you should not NaNo. Some of the dissenting articles are vicious, claiming that “All NaNo-written work is garbage!… Continue reading Should You NaNo?

Business of Writing · Life In General · Quotes · Writing

Fake It ’til You Make It

March 29, 2015March 29, 2015 Shanan Winters1 Comment

When I was a freshman in high school, I wanted to be on the debate team. The school didn’t allow such things, because technically, ninth graders can’t compete at the state or national level. But the class period worked out for me based on my schedule, and I talked them into letting me use that… Continue reading Fake It ’til You Make It

Adept Cycle · Business of Writing · Life In General · Writing

Today is the Day!

February 11, 2015February 11, 2015 Shanan Winters2 Comments

I’m off to the San Francisco Writer’s Conference. Wish me luck with the agents, and I’ll see y’all on the flip side! While I’m on a weekend hiatus, go check out my prototype site for Rising: Book One of the Adept Cycle. Yes, it still needs work. 😉

Business of Writing · Writing

How to Be A (Good) Artist

January 21, 2015January 21, 2015 Shanan Winters6 Comments

At some point, we must realize that if our art is going to be our livelihood, we’re going to need to work our butts off. We need to put the dreamer in her place, and settle into real work habits. We have to treat our passion like the career that it is, we roll up our sleeves, and we get to work.

Writing

Making Plans

January 11, 2015January 11, 2015 Shanan WintersLeave a comment

My partner-in-crime and I spent a couple of hours yesterday planning. Living with a professional project manager is Very Good Thing. He asks me questions like: “What is your 30 day goal?” “How much time per week do you think you can reasonably commit to this?” “What are your success metrics?” “Where do you see… Continue reading Making Plans

Life In General · Quotes · Writing

Don’t Wait

January 9, 2015 Shanan Winters1 Comment

I found this band in the early 2000’s. I wish they’d stayed together longer. Indie British Folk… you have to love it. Anyway, this song speaks volumes to me lately. I am gradually moving away from what life is so that I might walk my path of great mysteries. Or at least the path of… Continue reading Don’t Wait

Adept Cycle · Writing

Speaking Of…. The Conversational Logline

January 8, 2015January 8, 2015 Shanan Winters1 Comment

I have a confession.  Right now, at this point in my fledgling writing career, I live in fear of one, single question. It’s a common one, too.  In fact, it’s the one thing you would expect to be asked after just completing a novel. “So, what’s your book about?” Did you see my knees buckle… Continue reading Speaking Of…. The Conversational Logline

Writing

The Mountain of Dreams

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015 Shanan Winters12 Comments

Writing is a business. This is the mindset I’ve giving myself for 2015. I’ve always treated my writing like a hobby, and that has to change. In order to reach my goals of publication and eventually full-time writing, I need to hone the professional side of the writing craft. Sadly, the business aspects of writing… Continue reading The Mountain of Dreams

Life In General

The Year Of…

January 1, 2015 Shanan Winters2 Comments

Happy 2015!  We rang in the new year quietly, as is our way. Neither of us are big fans of huge parties full of drunken strangers. We do, however, love our next door neighbors, so that’s where we were, chatting, playing video games and having a grand time of it.  At one point, my friend… Continue reading The Year Of…

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