Tag: independent writing
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Short and Long Breaths in Writing
Somewhere between 0 and 7,500 words are the official limits to a short story. Generally, that number is north of 6, but whether it is 7,500 words or 40,000 words as the top end, no one seems to be wholly in agreement on. Now, I found plenty of resources that described a short story as…
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Rest and Relaxation
Relaxation. It is a need. Almost a must-have in today’s society, where everything feels like it is moving at speeds that could strip the skin off one’s flesh were they not careful. Some would place relaxation within this overarching new fad of “self-care”, where an industry has popped up with everything from aroma therapy, self-massagers,…
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The Art of Procrastination
There is an art to procrastinating. To waiting until the last minute. Until something is at risk of being late. There is an art to avoiding a task until it simply cannot be ignored any longer. Distraction helps. It introduces conflicting interests. But it is only a small piece of the puzzle. There’s also the…
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A Quick Update
In the spirit of my large-ish post last week, I decided to run a (relatively) quick update on where things stand. While things have happened here on this site, there hasn’t been a whole lot going on in my wider writing world. In fact, pretty much for 6 years, it’s been a drought. After that…
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A Long-Winded, Meandering Treatise On My Writing
Who knows why, but I keep getting stuck. Maybe it’s anxiety; maybe it’s ignorance. Either way, I go back and forth in the wonderful world of writing so often that it’s a wonder that my head hasn’t snapped off. One second I think I have it all figured out, and the next I suddenly “realize”…
Jeremy C Kester 