Unless you happen to living in a hut in the middle of a forest that happens to be filled with silent animals, you’re eventually going to run into things that distract you as you’re writing or doing other work. Dealing with these distractions is of the challenging parts of my average day, so today I… Read More
Category Archives: Writing
Picking Character Names Is Trickier Than It Looks
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The sci-fi novel I’m currently working on is coming along slowly but steadily. I’m planning to write a full update on those goals later on this spring, but for now I wanted to talk about picking character names. I find it fairly easy to describe little things like what characters eat for dinner or how… Read More
Questions That Have Recently Brought New Readers to This Site
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This blog has seen a surge in visits over the past two months. Welcome, new readers! It’s nice to meet all of you. I thought I’d answer some of the questions that some people typed into search engines in order to find this site. Hopefully, the things you might have been wondering about will be… Read More
Blogging Advice: Social Media and Networking
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This is the fourth instalment of the series on blogging that Ruth Feiertag asked me to write late last year. Scroll to the bottom of this post to read about how to begin a blog, how to brainstorm ideas for it, and where to find visual images that won’t violate any copyright laws. Now that… Read More
Blogging Advice: Finding and Using Visual Images for Your Site
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Welcome back to my series on blogging that Ruth Feiertag asked me to write late last year. This is the third instalment, and today we’re talking about the important of including visual images in your posts. (There are links to the first two instalments at the bottom of this post). I’m going to be spend… Read More
Blogging Advice: Brainstorming and Idea Management
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Welcome back to my series on blogging advice. There were a few reader questions in the first instalment, How to Begin Blogging, about the actual process of creating a blog, so I thought I’d take a moment to briefly address that. I’ll share a link to that post at the end of this one for… Read More
Blogging Advice: How to Begin a Blog
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Last month, Ruth Feiertag left a friendly comment on one of my posts asking for blogging advice. Not only did I have far more to say to her than would fit into a comment, I thought her question would be an excellent jumping off point for a new series on this site. Today I’m going… Read More
People Watching and the Holidays
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Like many other places, Toronto’s malls, subway system, and other public places are bustling with activity at this time of the year. No matter when someone might use or visit them in the month of December, there will be far more folks there than will be the case in January when the new year has… Read More
Blogging Changes I’m Making This Winter
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Every time one of my favourite blogs shares a post with a title similar to this one, I get a little nervous about them shutting down or going on hiatius. If you’re the same way, don’t worry! lydiaschoch.com isn’t going anywhere. I have and will be making some changes to this site that I wanted… Read More
Why Writers Should Pay Close Attention to the Insight’s Exploration of Mars
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For anyone who hasn’t heard this news yet, NASA’s Insight spacecraft is scheduled to land on Mars today. If all goes well, it will dig sixteen feet down and soon begin transmitting data about this planet that no telescope can possible tell. Scientists hope to learn three things from this exploration: What material the core… Read More
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