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I write and write and write until I like it. Then I rewrite and rewrite and rewrite until everybody likes it. But those damn words keep filling up my head till I have to get them out!

• Words

  By jkchumbler on January 10, 2014 • ( 1 )

  This thing of deciding what to focus on for 2014  is turning into an emotional ride through the cobwebs in my head. It is not pretty. I have a thought that keeps playing over and over in my head. A… Read More ›

• Time to blog

  By jkchumbler on January 8, 2014 • ( 0 )

  So I haven’t blogged in quite a while.  Not since…HOLY MARY, JOSEPH and VOLDEMORT!  It’s 2014 already!  How the hell did that happen?  I don’t remember having all my fingers broken and in casts making it impossible to type.  Maybe… Read More ›

• I was robbed by writer…and I’m not a happy camper

  By jkchumbler on September 24, 2013 • ( 0 )

  I’ve never written a review for a book of fiction on my blog. Hell, I’ve never written any review on this thing but I just finished reading something that I have to blog about. Hang in with me, here. There… Read More ›

• Results of 3Day Novel Contest… and what I learned the hard way

  By jkchumbler on September 11, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  The madness that is 3Day Novel contest has come and gone.  I was exhausted by the end and for the first time in the four years I’ve participated, I did not reach my goal or complete my book.  And I was… Read More ›

• My 2013 3 Day Novel Word Count

  By jkchumbler on August 28, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  For 3 days, beginning at midnight on Friday, August 30, I will embark on my fourth year of the madness that is called…The 3 Day Novel Competition.      In three days… just 72 tiny hours, I will write a complete short… Read More ›

• Attitude. Fortitude. Grit. I’ve got plenty of ’em all, baby! But sometimes the little devils hide from me.

  By jkchumbler on August 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.                                                          ~~~~ Dylan Thomas Balls to the wall.  It’s the only way.  No matter… Read More ›

• three effing days- Gone

  By jkchumbler on August 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Totally blew off three days of writable time. ARGH! I honestly don’t know what goes on in my brain sometimes. 3 perfectly open , nothing-to-do-but -sit -around-and-wait- for-my-chair-hoist-to-be-fixed days and I wrote nuthin. Disgusting is what it is. I should be… Read More ›

• Close but….

  By jkchumbler on August 10, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  Only got in 987 words last night. I was so tired I found myself staring at the monitor for about ten minutes without moving. That’s when I packed it in. Close but no cigar. Oh well, at least I’m keeping… Read More ›

• Free writing and donkey doo-doo

  By jkchumbler on August 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  I wrote last night. Free writing, it’s called. First time for me. I got 1182 words. I just went with the first thing I thought of and kept on moving the fingers. I was shocked at how easily I slipped… Read More ›

• ULTIMATUM

  By jkchumbler on August 8, 2013 • ( 0 )

  I try to be good. My intentions are pure… but I screwed the pooch again. I haven’t been writing. THAT CRAP STOPS RIGHT NOW!!! Tonight- 1000 words; no more , no less Or die trying!