By Joanne, on April 1st, 2010
Bloggy blog blog bloggity!
1) I almost have my writing blog organized. But I cannot decide how I want to use it or share it. Do I want to link it here? Do I want to keep it separate? Do I want to use my real name on it? Do I want to post actual writing I am doing or just talk about the process of writing? Decisions decisions . . .
2) I am about to embark on a silly photography game for myself. Using color. Each week I will pick a color and take photos showcasing that color and then make a mosaic of those photos in a crazy explosion of that color. Or something. Yeah, so really I just like making mosaics (like here and here).
3) I have a tiny repurposed toddler clothes project. Well, it’s not really a repurpose job, more of a slight adjustment to a shirt. BUT it will prolong the life of said shirt so . . . maybe it’s more of a recycle! Post about that soon.
4) I think I am giving up on my resolutions because I just cannot do them. They are stressing me out.
5) But I am still writing my novel.
By Joanne, on January 19th, 2010
So, dude! I just found out (from one of my lovely friends) about the neatest writing exercise I have ever seen. Mini-sagas! Do you know what they are? I did not until yesterday and oh, how is it possible that I have been missing out on so much fun?
Okay, so essentially, mini-sagas are itty-bitty stories. Stories written in exactly 50 words. Not 49. Not 51. 50. Fifty. Five-o. You can google it for all the particulars but I can say that they are the perfect thing for me right now. Why?
1) I have very little time for writing. But 50 words? THAT I can do.
2) My internal editor is a nasty nasty person and always makes me edit stuff until it is exactly right but it makes my writing process ponderously slow because every. Sentence. Must. Be. Perfect. Before. I. Can. Continue. But when there are only 50 words? THAT I can edit without losing my mind.
3) I am always coming up with funny little story ideas that I can never flesh out into more than an idea. But 50 words? THAT is basically only enough words FOR an idea.
I am serious. These mini-sagas are AWESOME. I even wrote one last night. I will even share it here because it was so much fun to do.
Note of warning: While on Bebellyboo I am a silly, silly person, my creative writing is generally dark and angsty (like a 13-year old girl) and almost always of the sci-fi/fantasy genre. It’s just how I am.
So, here is my first ever mini-saga. Dun-dun-dun
Glass Witches
The witches faced the sea, chanting. Voices wavered, mouths full of blood. The towering wave trembled against their power, sprayed droplets, and then sank back shuddering. The water became a calm blue field. The townspeople cheered, expecting them to turn and smile. But they crumbled to dust in the sand.
By Joanne, on April 1st, 2008
I got a new notebook and I like it so much I could eat it.
