Author Archives: Inga Gardner

I didn’t quite expect to meet one of my year goals so quickly but, well, the bag is done.  I stayed up way too late last night finishing it and here it is. You may notice a slight hesitation in my writing.  Truth be told, I’m not over the moon in love with it.  It’sContinue reading “Well, that was quick”

Who doesn’t like an audience?  Mine just happens to be a little weirder than most.  But they’re quiet and keep their opinions to themaelves, so they are welcome to stay.

  Confession: it’s been three days since I’ve done anything with my manuscript. I have some good excuses.  On Thursday, I had a much needed evening out with some friends and didn’t get home until late.  On Friday, I planned to take a bath and read through a recently edited part, but I got distractedContinue reading “Keep Pedaling”

…But I wanted to look at something pretty while I complain about something. It’s been my experience that people who become and people who aspire to become professional writers are the people for whom writing has always been easy.  Something about writing just makes sense to us.  Many of us showed early promise.  Many of usContinue reading “This picture has nothing to do with this post…”

‘Cuz they’d go great with a post this full of whine. #momjokes The thing about writing is that so little of it happens on the actual page. For every hour that I spend with my pen on the paper or my fingers on the keyboard, there are probably five hours spent thinking, planning, working outContinue reading “Who’s got crackers?”

By now, if you’ve been reading the blog, you probably can tell what my writing looks like: printed draft on white paper and a yellow lined legal pad in a red binder, always accompanied by a black pen and a red pen.  Every writer has his or her set up that works–this is mine.  Continue reading “Where I write”

Tonight, I’m going to ring in the new year by watching Singin’ in the Rain.  With the passing of Debbie Reynolds just a day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher, it’s tinged with sadness.  But after showing my four year old the video of “Good Mornin’” and seeing her delight, I think it’s safe to sayContinue reading “Singin’ in the new year”

Well, happy new year’s eve, I suppose. I hope you’re all planning a fun (and safe) new year celebration.  We’re all a little anxious to ring out 2016 (though 2017 doesn’t exactly have a rosy glow about it, does it). Anyway, on to new year’s resolutions.  Or, as I said earlier, new year’s goals.  This year, I’mContinue reading “Happy New Year!”

One of the worst parts of writing is the moment when you realize that you’re going to have to completely rewrite a significant section of a work.  It’s not just gutting to have to slash thousands of words, words that you may have felt were hard enough to get out the first time.  But theContinue reading “A complete rebuild”