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
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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
Bravery is the new Insanity
Ohhhhh I dunno. I found out yesterday via the eminently magnificent Kim Harrison that Harper Voyager is accepting unagented manuscripts during the first two weeks of October. This is pretty amazing, and I should totally submit mine. Except they want complete, polished novels, and mine is woefully short of that. The completeness part, not the … Continue reading
Creation is happiness
I woke up in a good mood this morning. That was weird. I’m pretty sure it’s because of all the writing I did this weekend. Successfully cleared edits on chapters 1 and 2, which was admittedly a conservative goal. (I did more than that, alright?) This week’s goal is to do the same with 3 … Continue reading
Serious writer is serious
Here’s my serious writer face :D It’s very different from my non-serious writer face -_- I took a bit of a break in August to recharge, after assembling my betascript. It is the term I invented for the point at which my manuscript is just coherent enough that I can let my mother read it. … Continue reading
Aine Crabtree 