This is the part where I brag for a minute. The penultimate draft of The Thief is done. DONE I tell you! And distributed to my “gammareaders.” I imagine the tremendous sense of accomplishment I feel can only be surpassed by what it’s going to feel like when I’m actually done with the final draft … Continue reading
Tag Archives: R+S
November November
Welp. I’ve gotten a lot done this month. I really, really have. I don’t think I’ll quite make it to 50,000 by the 30th this year for NaNoWriMo, but I’ll be close. The important thing is going to be keeping the momentum going – because I want to have the “gamma” draft ready to give … Continue reading
I’m not writing this for you.
I have bad news. I’m not writing this book for you. I don’t know you. I have no idea what you’re looking for in your fiction. How could I ever predict it? How could I possibly reconcile your list of “musts” and “musnt’s” with those of every other potential reader? I can’t. I couldn’t. It … Continue reading
order and Kaos
After a bit of a slump, I’ve been back into writing the last couple of days. Jubilation. I am not the most disciplined of writers. This is an understatement. There’s a constant war in my head between what I ought to be doing and what I feel like doing, and the latter wins most battles. … Continue reading
Endings: counterintuitive
You need to know how it ends before you begin. I’ve had a lot of questions lately from friends and coworkers to the tune of “why are you starting your second book before you finish the first one?” (Book 2, codename Russian Guyovitch, will be my NaNo novel for this November.) Well, I’m trying to … Continue reading
Continuity, not perfection
I am the sort of writer who has trouble with being prolific. Oh, I develop huge, grandiose, labyrinthine plotlines with gorgeous character arcs and fully developed worlds. It’s getting it all on paper that’s the difficult part – and the problem is me. I get fixated on individual sentences. I prune them ’til I think … Continue reading
Grumpy writer is grumpy
Panera has the spaciest employees, at least here in Huntsville. I had zero confidence in the cashier’s ability to make my coffee after watching her punch ‘cash’ when I handed her my card. My assumptions were spot on – I have yet to find any mocha in this mocha. I think the universe is poking … Continue reading
