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Dreams: The Free-loading Bitches Who Won’t Help Me Write

Larry Jenkins - June 3, 2013

For whatever reason, my dreams refuse to be helpful. I know there are some authors who claim they get brilliant ideas from dreams. I don’t necessarily hate those people, but I haven’t met them in person either, so I’m not prepared to say we’d be friends. I’ve also read at least one article that recommended […]

Awakening Without a Dream

Eliza Jaquays - April 23, 2013

Dreams slip from my mind upon waking like dry sand through my fingers, leaving only the memory that they had been there. I wake with the memory that my sleep was filled with fascinating dreams but I have never been able to recall the details. Any attempts I make only succeed to chase them further […]

It’s Easier to Dream

Ashley M. Hill - April 12, 2013

So, one morning I turned on PBS for the child, sat on the couch, and fell asleep. I’d love to give you a time of year or a month or anything, but this is happens so often that I could probably start every day of my life with the same line. When I startle awake, […]

What’s Your Dream Writing Assignment?

Cafe Management - January 22, 2012

Every week we’ll ask the Confabulators a question that may further illuminate the blog question or give you some further insight into our working minds. This week’s question is one that a lot of writers have stuck somewhere in the back of his or her mind. Not everyone wants to work for someone else, or […]

I Got 99 Ideas but My Hair Ain’t One

R.L. Naquin - January 4, 2012

I always thought the idea thing was a silly question. Worse, I thought it was a cliché, and that nobody ever really asked it. Then a hair stylist (not my regular lady, mind you, somebody new who, apparently, wasn’t sure what to talk about with me while she screwed up my hair) came right out […]