I seem to have a tendency to plan on doing Camp NaNoWriMo during both available summer months, and then only participating in the second month. Last summer it was August, and this summer it will–hopefully–be in July due to calendar changes within the Office of Letters and Light. But this post isn’t about my inability […]
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Don’t worry. This post isn’t about how I’ve found a new hobby or am giving writing a break. I am working a new job, at least temporarily, while I look for more permanent work. Weirdly enough, being super busy instead of having all the time in the world has given my writing mojo a major
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Check out any writer’s Twitter or blog, and you’ll invariable hear them gush about their critique partners. CPs, as they’re colloquially known, are super beneficial to anyone looking to publish. Having several other sets of eyes can elevate your manuscript above where you can on your own. I have to confess that I’ve always been
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Lately, it feels like I spend more time contradicting myself on this blog than I should. (Correction: I spend more time planning to blog and not actually doing it than I should.) One of the last posts I did that wasn’t a book review mentioned that I was close to querying POSITIVELY ANONYMOUS. That wasn’t
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After the way this year has started, I more than anyone should know how even the best laid plans can ‘oft gang aft aglay.’ Thanks to the bf for actually teaching me how to spell an archaic phrase that I’ve probably been butchering in conversation for ages. 🙂 In any case, those of you who
I thought I’d pop in and make a brief announcement regarding one of my novels. Are you all ready? The story formerly known as Between Two Lives has been given a name change. I’m much, MUCH fonder of the new title, but I also cannot claim responsibility for coming up with it. During an intense brainstorming
It’s very hard for me to talk coherently about this story without clarifying myself every couple seconds. For one thing, do I call it a novella–the story it started out being–or a novel, after the story it became? Do I call it by the title my friends and family know it by, even though that
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With November almost at an end, I am finally able to return to my regular (semi-regular? occasional?) blogging schedule. If it seemed like a long hiatus for you all, I’m sorry. For me this month seemed to blow by, as it always has since I’ve started embarking on one of the craziest creative writing marathons
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I know, I know. I said I wasn’t going to blog this month, if at all possible. I lied? It was my full intention not to, but I was tagged in a blogging meme by the lovely Stephanie Allen and figure it might be worth a little procrastination to talk about The Recruited, which is currently
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I’m not here to rehash my NaNoWriMo plans, only to say that this will be my fourth year participating and I’m going to do something I’ve never done before. Every year prior, I’ve made an effort to stay caught up on blogging, only to fall hopelessly behind when my word count dipped or real life
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