the idea: create a feminist medieval fantasy world My sister Mairead and I both graduated within the past month and have been keeping each other updated on where we are in post-school limbo world. For the most part, I’ve been enjoying it so far. I finished my book launch and then spent around a week and a …
the idea: take a few days away and then proofread by hand After three years as a writing tutor in college, I have a few techniques under my belt to help people edit/proofread. The hardest person to get to use these techniques is, of course, myself. But as I go through my book there are three …
the idea: change the design of mirandaaisling.com so it is focused on the Idea Blog This site has, once again, undergone a renovation. Currently, I am experimenting with having the Idea Blog (what I’m writing on right now) as the center point of my website and various social media sources. Before now the header had my …
the idea: journal every night I have journaled every night since March 22, 2008. which means that as of two nights ago I struck five years. Five years of my life documented, at least in some form. My first ever journal entry was on February 3rd, 2001 in a Lisa Frank diary with purple penguins hugging …
the idea: write a poem to introduce the DMAJMS section on being passionate Tomorrow is a big day. I’ll be sending out the rough draft of my book, Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something, to as many people as possible. For my actual thesis class we’re required to have a second reader look at what …
the idea: pull together a big Book Launch event on June 1st! I have been utterly absorbed in my thesis lately, as you can probably tell from all the ideas that have been related to it, but that is starting to come to a close. At least, the first section, the actual writing. By May 9th …
the idea: help clarify your ideas by talking them over with someone else. This is a pretty routine idea but it was so vital tonight that I had to add it. As you know if you’ve been reading my blog, I’ve been hard at work on my book. However, most of the time I am on my own …
the idea: get an army of helpful friends to help distribute a self-published book I have self-published four books at various stages of editing and completion throughout my life. One is awful, two are passable, and one is okay. Self-publishing was really the last step I took with these books because I didn’t like them enough …
the idea: write a children’s book about a girl with her own Idea Can I’ve been thinking a lot about my new project, the Idea Can, lately. It’s a concept I want to spend some more time exploring, although right now it’s on the backburner thanks to my thesis. One of the ways I thought I …
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So I had an idea. What if I wrote about my life, but happening to someone else? The character’s name was Naomi Odette Knox and I wrote about 20,000 words of her story before I backed away. I’ve wanted to write about my life ever since I started writing. The way I intertwine myself with …