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Vincent Solomon Progress Report # 2
April 5, 2017 / Last updated : April 4, 2017 M.A. Brotherton Blog

Vincent Solomon Progress Report #2

I am the tortoise. Koo koo kachoo. 969 words. That was what I wrote last night. Not even 1000. Could’ve been worse but I feel like it should have been better. At least it wasn’t zero. At this rate, I’ll finish this draft close to the end of May. But, I will finish. I am […]

Vincent Solomon Progress Report # 1
March 22, 2017 / Last updated : March 22, 2017 M.A. Brotherton Blog

Vincent Solomon Progress Report # 1

I’m not writing at the speed I want to. I’ve had motivation issues. I think the biggest problem is that I’ve gone so long since I wrote regularly that I’m fatiguing easily. The words just don’t seem to come as fast as I would like them to. I’m not sure what the problem is. I […]

20 Years of Buffy
March 8, 2017 / Last updated : July 13, 2017 M.A. Brotherton Blog

20 Years of Buffy

1997 was a very important year in my life. I started high school in 1997, bringing all the firsts along with it. First parties. First big crushes. The first time I let someone else read my fiction. The first time I performed on stage. If you asked me which year was more important, 1997 or […]

Congratulations, everyone, we survived another February
March 1, 2017 / Last updated : February 28, 2017 M.A. Brotherton Blog

Congratulations, everyone, we survived another February

It is officially March. We can all relax a small bit and take a deep breath. We survived February. Sometimes I didn’t think we were going to, but we pulled it off there at the end. Now, while we’re catching our breath, is a good time to look back and see if I’ve accomplished my […]

They pull you back in...
February 22, 2017 / Last updated : July 13, 2017 M.A. Brotherton Blog

They pull you back in…

If you have enjoyed any of my writing, blog posts, or doodles over the last seven years, you have a special group of people to thank. When I got started in blogging, I didn’t know who I was as a writer. I didn’t have a voice. I didn’t know how to share a story. I […]

The Plot on the Wall
February 15, 2017 / Last updated : July 13, 2017 M.A. Brotherton Blog

The Plot on the Wall

The Plot on the Wall A couple of weeks ago, I talked about how I wanted to learn to be better at outlining a plot. I talked about a few of the books with concepts I think I can understand and I’ve been working to put them into action. I’m not ready to continue with the Seven […]

I want to bleed for you
February 8, 2017 / Last updated : February 7, 2017 M.A. Brotherton Blog

I want to bleed for you

  “It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little that you establish contact with your reader.” Paul Gallico I want to bleed for you. To lay my scars bare and open. I want my words to be visceral. They should churn inside your chest, turn your stomach molten, and […]

Struggling with pants: Learning to outline stories
February 1, 2017 / Last updated : July 13, 2017 M.A. Brotherton Blog

Struggling with pants: Learning to outline stories

I’m not great at this pantsless writing thing. My legs get cold. Oh, and the pseudo-leather of my office chair gets sweaty and sticky. Plus, if someone knocks on the door, I have to explain why I’m sitting around in a heavy sweater but naked below the waist. Something is wrong here. Let me Google […]

January 25, 2017 / Last updated : July 13, 2017 M.A. Brotherton Blog

Formulating the plan

Last week I talked about identifying my weaknesses as a writer and announced my plan to create my own master class on writing. In the week since, I’ve been diving into the planning phase a bit more. I know what I want to learn, I just have to find the best ways to learn it. […]

How I plan to overcome my suck as a writer
January 18, 2017 / Last updated : July 13, 2017 M.A. Brotherton Blog

How I plan to overcome my suck as a writer

2016 was a year of suck for me as a writer. Sure, I wrote 24 short stories. Some of them turned out pretty good. But, for the most part, they kind of hit the ground with a resounding thud. On the longer side of the fiction aisle, I also wrote (note: not published) one book. […]

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