We call this…”working”
Tweet*cue hysterical laughter*Sometimes it seems like I’ll do anything to avoid writing, whether subconsciously or not. For the past few weeks I’ve been on a crusade against dust kitties and unused...
View ArticleNovel revision update
TweetWC: 1,093 Scenes: >1LOL! I’m finally really getting to the nitty-gritty of the novel revision. I’ve pretty much completed my line-by-line copy editing, and now I have some scenes to go back and...
View ArticleGLA’s “Dear Lucky Agent”
TweetI rewrote the beginning of Shaper so that the first two hundred words are snappier, have less drama but more action, and hopefully get to the catalyst event quicker. How sad is it that this feels...
View ArticleNovel revision, day…we’ll call it 2
TweetAfter a frustrating start, I’ve managed to be pretty productive tonight. I cleaned off my desk so I’d have a lot of space to spread out the manuscript printout that I’d scribbled all over…and then...
View ArticleNaNoEdMo is almost upon us?
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View ArticleRevision is a battlefield
TweetAnd lately some of the casualties have been a couple of scenes I always liked and a character who, honestly, sort of annoys me. But fortunately I’ve discovered a few foxholes, like a couple of...
View ArticleNovel excerpt from MAZE OF MOMENTS
TweetTo give myself some motivation to keep working on the revision, I’m posting an excerpt of the novel I’m currently revising (again) to try to get it ready to query agents. Any and all critiques are...
View ArticleStymied by the climax
TweetAccording to my novel outline, I’m 9 scenes away from finishing the novel revision. And I’m stuck at the scene that takes place right before the major showdown. I have to get Character C and...
View ArticleEditing
TweetI hope this entry still sounds coherent when my Benadryl wears off. I’ve been suffering a violent allergy attack all day, which for me involves a plethora of violent sneezes in addition to...
View ArticleMusic and Writing
TweetOver the past month, I’ve been revisiting a story I wrote several years ago. It has a nice premise, but the story itself was sort of a wreck. There was very little in the way of plot, and no...
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