A.R. Geiger

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  • Coffee Dates: Pantser or Plotter

    Good Morning, Creatives! Friday is finally upon us! How was your week? Any new ideas pop up, or old projects wrapped up and tied with a neat bow? Friday is the perfect time to wrap things up, or to birth a new idea when you have all weekend to indulge in a little daydreaming or…

  • A Writer’s Life: Details

    A writer’s life is in the details. Have you ever noticed this? Of course, our stories are about grand adventures, life-changing events, and worlds and people that only belong in our minds. But where the story really catches a reader—where it connects, where it makes them pause and linger because in that sentence they were…

  • A Gathering Of Souls

    I went to a writing conference this weekend. The Young Women’s Writing Workshop, if we’re going to be technical about it. I’m just going to call it a gathering of souls. It was the best thing I’ve done for my writing and my soul all year. I think. I’ve done a lot of things for…

  • Coffee Dates: Process

    Good Morning, Creatives! It’s Friday, my friends! The week is over, a weekend of rest is (hopefully) ahead of us, and for some, maybe a little extra time to write! This week I have been thinking a lot about the process behind a writer’s routine and how different it can be for each and every…

  • A Writer’s Life: Routines

    Writing is hard. And not just because I’m typing this with one hand because I’m cuddling a child in the other. I’m actually remarkably good at typing with one hand. I’m versatile like that. No, writing is hard for a whole different set of reasons. Time constraints, previous commitments, and life tend to get in…

  • The Real Mistress Of The House

    I locked my cat outside last night. Not on purpose, I promise. But it did happen. And she did spend the whole night outside. Let me explain. My cat is a diva. She is the queen of the world. I can’t bring another animal home because it would deeply offend her. I’ve brought orphaned kittens…