DS Whitaker
Hello 2023
I haven't posted a blog in a long time. Too long. For those in my inner circle, you'll know that the last twenty months have been a very...
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DS Whitaker
Oct 14, 20202 min
Writing my first fiction series
Mid-June I began sketching out my first series. A couple months before, during a Zoom creative writing session, a character popped into...
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DS Whitaker
Aug 12, 20202 min
Bad blogger
I've been a bad blogger not creating a new post since May. So for kicks, I'm sharing some of the 'rules' I posted on Twitter during July...
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DS Whitaker
May 12, 20201 min
My Work in Progress - May 2020 - Shower of Lies
Hey fans, I'm working on a story I started before the quarantine. In real life, a young coworker, Jenna, told us she needed to plan a...
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DS Whitaker
Apr 14, 20202 min
Writing in the time of COVID-19
I started a new novel a few weeks ago. Before the outbreak. As the numbers of infections and deaths rose in China, I began feeling...
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DS Whitaker
Jan 20, 20204 min
Transitioning from Tech Writer to Fiction Author
My first memory of writing was from second grade. Our teacher asked us to write our biographies. I took it seriously (although I’m sure...
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DS Whitaker
Jan 4, 20202 min
What does 2020 hold? Novel Ideas
If you follow me on this website or on Twitter, let me first say Thank You! I don't know what 2020 will bring in terms of writing. ...
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DS Whitaker
Dec 23, 20191 min
December 2019
Christmas Eve is tomorrow. I'm reflecting on the past year. It's been a writing journey. I joined a writing group, went to my first...
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DS Whitaker
Nov 16, 20191 min
Planet of the Creeps
I was walking in the mall with my husband and we passed a food kiosk, called Planet of the Crepes. I mis-read it. But eureka! I found...
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DS Whitaker
Nov 16, 20191 min
My tips to combat writer's block
What is writer's block? To me, it's getting to a part of the story where you don't know what happens next, or that terrible middle...
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