Well. It’s happened. I’ve hit the dreaded Week 3 wall. I’m still writing every day, but it is a struggle. I haven’t hit my word counts the past few days, which is just so frustrating. When I sit down and open the document every day, I just stare at the screen. When I do start writing,… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2015 {Week 3}
Hello, Wrimos! It’s Week 2. Which means I’ve gotten to the part of my outline where I’m like, “Meh, I don’t want to write that scene.” Which is hard for me because I write in chronological order. I make outlines and lists that I follow. I need to know what happens in the scene before… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2015 {Week 2}
Hello, Wrimos! We are fully into the first week of NaNoWriMo! HOORAY, WORDS! I am happy to say that my first four days have gone pretty well. I was nervous about this year. Compared to last year, when I crushed NaNoWriMo, I now have a full-time job which means that I can’t just write all… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2015, Week One
It’s that time again. We are quickly approaching November, aka Novel Novel Writing Month, aka NaNoWriMo. As with years past, I am participating again, working my way to write a staggering 50,000 words in just 30 days. This year I’ll be writing the next Taking Flight book (shocker, I know) and I can already tell… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2015!
So, because I’m insane, I’m participating in something called Pitch Madness on Twitter today. Yes, the day after I released Finding Slope. Hence, the insane thing. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Pitch Madness, it’s a Twitter event for authors looking for literary agents. You pitch your manuscript in 140 characters using the hashtag… Continue reading Time for #PitMad!: An Explanation and a Request
It’s 2015! *pops champagne* I had a weird year in 2014. A lot of change and unknowns and upheaval—I self-published two books, left my job and friends and life in New York, and moved to another country. That’s a lot. And as I look forward to 2015, I have a lot of hope and excitement for… Continue reading Happy New Year + New Things!
Hello, my dears! Welcome to Revising 101, wherein I share the joys of revising with you and hopefully shed a little bit of light on this process. Which basically means that I tell you how I revise and you can ponder whether or not I’m crazy. So! Here we are. You have finished drafting your… Continue reading Revising 101
Hello, Wrimos! Good news! NaNoWriMo is OVER! So. Now that November is done and we are fully into December, you might be sitting around basking in the glory of having started writing a book. Or you might be sitting around thinking, “Wait, okay, so I wrote 50,000 (Or 75,000 or 30,000 or whatever) words. That… Continue reading NaNoWriMo is Over! Now What?
WRIMOS! We are almost done! FOUR MORE DAYS! Soon we will all be doing this. But. It’s not quite time for dancing yet. Because we still have four more days to go. For some of us, this is TERRIFYING NEWS because we are way behind on our word counts and are feeling the heat of… Continue reading NaNoWriMo, Week Four
WRIMOS. IT’S WEEK THREE. Oohhhhhhh you’re halfway there! [You can—and should—watch the entire video of Swifty, John Bon Jovi, and PRINCE FREAKING WILLIAM singing “Livin’ on a Prayer” here.] No, but really, at this point, you probably feel like you’re livin’ on a prayer. I definitely do. I’m at the point in my manuscript where… Continue reading NaNoWriMo, Week Three.
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