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As you may know, I’m writing a novel this month. 30 days. 50,000 words. I did it last year. Whoop. And that novel releases with WhiteFire Publishing in February. I’d thought about writing a post about how to write a novel in 30 days.… Continue Reading “5 Ways to Fail At Writing a Novel in 30 Days”
Yesterday on Novel Matters Latayne Scott challenged us to a Beowulfian Boast. The elements of such a boast are 1. Declaring identity (who he or she is) 2. Place of origin (where he or she is from) and 3. Why he or she is fit… Continue Reading “Boasting Like Beowulf”
November starts this Friday. How that happened, I don’t know. But the year has sped by. Remember that girl? From last November? That’s me. Yup. In the throes of November. The agony of writing a first draft in one month. It’s called National Novel… Continue Reading “November Cometh”
Kindergarteners are the big kids. Well, at least when you’re in pre-school. Then those kindergarteners are big, huge, intimidating, JUMBO kids. And my boys and their pre-school buddies have been facing off against those big old kindergarteners in soccer at recess for a week.… Continue Reading “Defeating the Kindergarteners”
Dishes and laundry are never ending, impossible to win, mind numbing chores. And I hate chores. Always have. Always will. But, last night, my dishes had found their way into my sink. Seriously. I think they breed there. I didn’t have a chance to… Continue Reading “Dishes and Bluegrass”
I’m currently in the first draft phase of writing a new novel. It’s an exciting, terrifying, exhilarating, excruciating process. And I love every little bit of it. I’m researching and writing and dreaming. Part of my process is sketching what I think a scene… Continue Reading “Pictionary”
Make sure you check out the fundraiser for The Hope Project. I had a nightmare. It started out nice and happy. I walked into an enormous building, on my way to sign a book contract with a REALLY AWESOME publisher. What publisher? I… Continue Reading “Nightmare”
This past weekend, I hung out in Indianapolis. Well, in the Hyatt Hotel, at least. It was, possibly, the most exhausting weekend of my life. But it was also pretty stinking groundbreaking. I intended to write out all that happened. But, between the food… Continue Reading “Weekend in Indy”
Writing means edits. Editing is writing. Slash those words. Kill your darlings*. Cut and add and fix and all that jazz. I don’t mind editing. Actually, I like reading the ideas my editor has for my novels**. When something structural needs to be fixed,… Continue Reading “Humbled By Typos”
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