Daily Archives: October 19, 2009

Writer’s block: the benefits

A dirty little secret of writing is that sometimes writer’s block has its benefits; for one, it’s one of the great appetite suppressants because if you can’t write, you’re going to usually be to concerned with that little fact, rather than mundane concerns like eating. Also, it gives you time with your family; let’s face …

October 19, 2009 – 4:28 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in Rants and asides | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Just write, baby!

Ultimately, it comes down to this: if you write, you’re a writer. If you don’t, you’re something else. That’s kind of what I took away from my interview this past summer with Charlaine Harris. Granted, not every writer has published every single novel they’ve ever written, but ultimately she had completed manuscripts going out to …

October 19, 2009 – 4:24 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Ruminating on writing

Back when I was a young teenager in need of acne treatments, I was able to finish a 350-page novel that wasn’t quite publishable in only a few months. In college, about 300 pages took me most of the length of my master’s program. It’s been a tough row getting close to finishing anything since …

October 19, 2009 – 4:20 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)