The life of an artist is much maligned. Despite my dreams of becoming a rich and famous writer with a tenured position at a modest university, I pay the bills by working as a community interpreter, de… more →
Puntitas Writes a Commercial Novelpuntitas wrote 1 week ago: The life of an artist is much maligned. Despite my dreams of becoming a rich and famous writer with … more →
puntitas wrote 1 week ago: Puntitas has been feeling very philosophical this week. She has done no writing, but she has read a … more →
puntitas wrote 2 months ago: I’m having one of those brutal reminders of the importance of little things. I’ve taken a break … more →
puntitas wrote 3 months ago: I had several possible topics in mind for today: • A pretentious interview at the end of the Chels … more →
puntitas wrote 3 months ago: I really should do a better job of sticking to my own resolve. Last post I decided that I wouldn’t … more →
puntitas wrote 3 months ago: The first creative writing class I took in college was a lower division fiction writing class. I lea … more →
puntitas wrote 4 months ago: The last few days have been momentous for Puntitas the writer. 1. I made writing top priority in a t … more →
puntitas wrote 4 months ago: I’m going to try working on a poem today. It’s current title is “My Dog Licks His Balls While … more →
puntitas wrote 5 months ago: Since my last publication was over a year ago, I’m not sure that I can still officially call mysel … more →
puntitas wrote 5 months ago: Saturday I workshopped with another friend. We didn’t discuss a draft. We discussed a general writ … more →
schoolgirl777 wrote 5 months ago: Hear my prayer, O LORD, sometimes, like today, I feel like I cannot go on. Let my cry for help com … more →
puntitas wrote 5 months ago: Bill W. is a wise, wise man: admitting to a problem is the first step in finding its solution. This … more →
puntitas wrote 6 months ago: Some days it’s hard to be nice. When mood is not an ally, when rudeness prevails, when life deals … more →
puntitas wrote 6 months ago: Despite the fact that I’ve written all but the last two chapters of a formula romance, I’ve actu … more →
puntitas wrote 6 months ago: Since I just got spammed by Beowulf (good to know diamond replicas can be affordable and glass is st … more →
puntitas wrote 7 months ago: I wrote this last Saturday on my Note taker, but I wasn’t able to upload. I’m debating … more →
puntitas wrote 7 months ago: This morning I finished reading The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, a first novel about a father who giv … more →
puntitas wrote 7 months ago: So it’s January 2, the expected time for talking about new beginnings. The first two that come to … more →
puntitas wrote 8 months ago: When is a piece of writing ever done? That’s the question I struggle with most. I think things are … more →