I like to think that we are all connected in a single never-ending story, having an infinite number of chapters; each told from infinite points of view. Some of us take experiences from that story and weave them into finite fictional ones for readers to enjoy. I’ve taken threads from the never-ending story and woven […]
It is a physical law that energy is neither created or destroyed. In spite of that, my energy disappeared. Fatigued beyond belief, I screeched to a full stop. To my surprise, my energy replenished itself and even grew. Then I understood – my energy hadn’t really disappeared, it had simply been spread out across too […]
For the past two years, I used a post close to the new year to measure my progress against my goals. Not this year – it’s far too exciting to look ahead. I’m learning publishing in the same way I learned writing – step by step. The business of publishing is in the midst of […]
Last week, I had a crisis of confidence. I suppose it had to happen, but I also sincerely hope never to have another. But now that I’ve survived it, I’m ready to embrace my understanding of storycraft. I won’t say that I’ve mastered storycraft, because I believe that I – or any other author – […]
Here I am, swimming in the published author pool. The view from here is surreally different. I’m not quite the same person I was before last week. I can now point to a piece of work I have finished and launched into the world for all to see – perhaps even read. 🙂 It’s gratifying to […]
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. True – but which words? In the case of my sepia flower, the thousand words distills down to exactly two: Cathryn Louis. As my profile avatar, it is on just about every site I’ve joined. Because I’ve been involved in social media and portions […]
Funny that sometimes one has to slide down the rabbit hole in order to see the light. Or in my case, jump off a cliff and grow wings on the way down. So much more hair-raising that way. I love that quote! It’s so ‘me’. And so far, I’ve still got all nine of my […]
I’ve let myself go – neglected my platform. Yes, I’ve been busy, but that’s not an excuse. It needs sprucing, pruning, polishing, and I’m taking time out right now get it all bright and shiny again.First up – my authors lists. I apologize in advance to those of you who follow them, but ‘authors-books, stories‘ […]
I love to read – almost more than I now know I love to write. For the past month, I’ve been reading far more than I’ve been writing. It wasn’t as pleasurable as I wanted it to be, because there was a nagging feeling that my reading wasn’t productive. I hadn’t been writing about it. I’m […]
Any author who wants their stories to be read has to write good ones. Here’s the dilemma – how does one know what makes a good story? I doubt that anyone sets out to write a bad story, but on the other hand, I bet there are few – experts included – who can unimpeachably say […]
