More Thoughts on Writing

by Betsy Ashton

Betsy Ashton, born in Washington, DC, was raised in Southern California where she ran wild with coyotes in the hills above Malibu. She protested the war in Vietnam, burned her bra for feminism, and is a steadfast Independent. She is a writer, a thinker, the mother of three grown stepchildren, companion and friend. She mentors writers and writes and publishes fiction. Her first mystery, Mad Max Unintended Consequences, was published in February 2013. The second in the series, Uncharted Territory, A Mad Max Mystery, came out in April 2015. In her spare time, she is the president of the state-wide Virginia Writers Club. She loves riding behind her husband on his motorcycle. You’ll have to decide for yourself if and where she has a tattoo.

June 21, 2009

Last week, I went to a discussion on short writing by Kurt Rheinheimer, author of Little Criminals. Kurt led a discussion on how he writes his successful short fiction. He gave a good definition of life as a writer: “Writing is like losing weight and keeping it off. You have to work at every day.”

He’s write, er, right. Time for me to get back to editing and rewriting. I made my deadlines for getting my articles ready for the local papers and now can spend several hours on my own stuff.

Oh yes, and not overeat. I need to lose 10 more pounds. . . .

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3 Comments

  1. Clementine

    That was a good discussion – I enjoyed it. I was so nice meeting you!

  2. Betsy Ashton

    I enjoyed meeting you, too, Amy. I hope we'll see each other again in the near future.

  3. Nelly

    si carlos si eso te sirve de consuelo por m iestá bien!!pero eso no te hace menos miserable y por favor no te comparés con brasil ok!!la realidad esla que les mostré que tambien es veridica y que está en todas las fuentes y es esa. mexico no tiene las capacidades que tiene argentina te duela o no!!me importan un pito tus SUPOCISIONES y CONLUCIONES cuando no sabés ni escribir.lo unico que se penesralmonte es que sos un pobre tipo!! das lastima!! y te guste o no argentina y brsail son los numeros uno!! aunque te duela bye