Tag: fun

  • Need a Title? Here’s a Title!

    Here’s the thing: I’m not great at coming up with titles. Heck, I suck at coming up with titles. And I have read some great ideas about how to come up with a title. A few weeks ago, a GH sister, Pintip Dunn, had a great post over at Waterworld Mermaids, asking “What’s in a…

  • Stop and Have Some Fun: Avoiding Burnout and Unnecessary Stress

    So I have a not-so-secret secret for you: too much nose to the grindstone with zero fun makes you crazy. Yes, I know, not exactly genius. But you’d think it was. I’ve been pushing really hard to get a book ready in time for conference. Like crazy-time pushing, meaning I didn’t even take the weekend…

  • 8 Ways to Shake Off the Winter Slump

    Remember last week (and possibly the week before) when I mentioned how I was kind of in a slump? Kind of down and into running away? I think I’ve finally started to shake it. And I thought I’d share how, just in case you’re still stuck in a state of Winter-Blahs since spring seems oh…

  • What I’m Reading: Libriomancer

    I have a book recommendation for you. It’s a fun one, and be warned: this is the kind of book that will make you want to forget all the things you should be doing and just go off and read. 🙂 To follow with my recent love affair with urban fantasy, I’m reading Libriomancer (Magic…

  • Strange But Fun Research Books

    I’m taking a break from the Regency for this week and instead showing off some of my favorite weird-ass books that I have on my shelves for research. You know the kind: they’re kind of unexpected, they’re not exactly the kind of book you use as everyday reference, they can become an enormous time-suck, but…

  • No Pressure – Just Play Time: Ten Tips to Add Play to Writing

    I’ve written a few posts that have to do with the importance of play, but it would seem I wasn’t taking the advice myself. I found myself the past few months almost frozen with self-imposed rules, expectations, and pressure to succeed. So, I decided that what I really needed to do was remember why writing…