Archive - On Writing... of The Blog of KSCHatch

The Writer is Going to Write

Original First Post in Dreamwidth blog (May 2018 - June 2021)

Aug 30, 2022 •

November 2021

Learning to Love Revision

A reflection on nearly one year of revising a single manuscript

Nov 10, 2021 •

February 2021

The Praxis of Writing

My superpower is organization. It’s a skill I’ve cultivated, but also something that comes easily to me. I’ve never understood the sort of person who…

Feb 10, 2021 •

January 2020

Diversity is forethought

When I started writing this book I’m now working on again, I had a pretty solid cast of characters figured out. This is how I’ve always started…

Jan 22, 2020 •

Speculative fiction, eh?

In November 2016 I participated in NaNoWriMo for the second time. My project choice was a first for me—I had decided to try my hand at speculative…

Jan 20, 2020 •

June 2019

Rambling ramble of rambly rambling about writing

It's 7:22 pm as I'm writing this, which is important because usually I get off the computer by 5:00 pm and don't go back on it until 8:00(ish) am, when…

Jun 18, 2019 •

February 2019

Writing and Representation

Taking time off—like properly taking time off—over the holiday season has rejuvenated me in so many ways. I didn’t worry about what time I got up, or if…

Feb 6, 2019 •

August 2018

Making time to write

I just feel like writing at the moment, so that's what this is. I've just spent the last forty minutes editing and writing an intro and outro for an…

Aug 6, 2018 •

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