by Jocosa Wade | Nov 26, 2020 | Inspiration, whores of negativity, Writers life
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all! Can I signoff now? It’s what I want to do. Not because I’d rather be working on the revision, or because the deadline is closing in, or because a gazillion guests will arrive any minute and more desserts and vegetable dishes need to be made....
by Jocosa Wade | Nov 19, 2020 | Inspiration, Revision, Writers life
My oldest son used to love to say, “Back in the day.” I hated it because he started to use it in his late twenties to refer not only to his childhood but to mine; his inflection made it sound like this, “You know, back in the day like in the Middle Ages,...
by Jocosa Wade | Nov 11, 2020 | Creativity, Inspiration, Revision, Writers life
A plethora of writers around the world are in their 2nd week of NaNoWriMo. For anyone unfamiliar with the vernacular that’s National Novel Writing Month. The goal— write approximately 1,666 words a day for the entire month to achieve the ultimate goal of a 50,000-word...
by Jocosa Wade | Nov 4, 2020 | Writers life
4 November 2020— the United States’ presidential election was yesterday. Voting by mail was huge thanks to Covid-19, and early voting was as popular as a summer action flick, and yet, no winner has been called. I remember when High Anxiety was just a movie by Mel...
by Jocosa Wade | Oct 29, 2020 | Books, Creativity, Inspiration, Memoir, Writers life
If you’ve managed to avoid, or have not yet reached the senior moments in life, you may recall how I was kidnapped by Chuck Palahniuk. His memoir, Consider This, is a must read for any writer with a desire to extract the cement from their writing. One of my goals for...
