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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Well, not exactly. I’ve done a lot of work in the past year, from rewriting most of The Recruited to drastically cutting back Between Two Lives so I could turn it in for honors credit. But Facing the Music, my YA contemporary, is my first shot in nearly a year at working on something new on
November is only a month away, which means National Novel Writing Month is just around the corner. The forums have been rebooted, and novelists all over the world are updating their profiles and dreaming about 50,000. As for me, well, let’s just say that seeing the biggest writing marathon of the year looming around the
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. . . that I received another full manuscript request this a.m. I don’t quite know what to say, guys. Just when I start feeling down about my chances, something good comes along and lifts my spirits. Right now I’m playing the waiting game and keeping my fingers crossed. Any extra luck you have to
This is just to say . . . Read More »
For those of you in the writing community, or perhaps just the Twitterverse, you may have noticed that the past two weeks have been a whirlwind of writing contests. If you obsessively follow what trends on Twitter, you have to have noticed #PitchMadness or #PitMad swirling about on the site. To break it down for
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I just finished the first draft of my most recent manuscript FACING THE MUSIC, so I thought I’d take a leaf out of the lovely Savannah Foley’s book and deconstruct the process for the novel. Why? Because I love talking about what I think of my stories and why. If this isn’t your thing, feel
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So, I really need to get back to blogging regularly. Part of my inactivity I blame on job hunting, which is still pretty frustrating. It isn't helpful to have expenses piling up (i.e. new phone and keyboard) when you don't have any income. The other part I blame on my utter inability to make WordPress
(Belated) Leaky Con Update Read More »
It seems that, for the time being, no matter how much I try and update what’s going on in my life, I’m never quite able to keep up. Don’t get me wrong; it’s not just LJ that suffers. I’m behind on my personal journal, my job hunting, and my writing. Then again, I’m going to
Home Again, Home Again Read More »
Well, I’ve finally finished my rewriting/re-editing of The Recruited, otherwise known as ‘the novel I started querying a little over a year ago.’ I have to say that the story has changed a lot since then, thanks in large part to agent comments and phenomenal beta feedback. It has been a long few months–and by
Even though it’s not something I usually broadcast, I’m pretty confident in my abilities as a writer. That’s not bragging. I admit and accept that I have a lot to learn, and that if I keep working hard I’m only going to get better. But I’m also able to admit that I’ve already come a