Some of my favorite writing links, just in time for NaNoWriMo: Outline Your Novel in 30 Minutes – This has a lot of useful questions to get to know your characters. I’ve used this several times. Sketch a Novel in an Hour – Very similar to the first, which it’s …
What I’ve managed to do this weekend is depressing. Yes, so I put a new battery in my car (and in the process realized I had no antifreeze in there–yikes!). And I spent some time with my aunts. Did some organizing that desperately needed to be done. Finished reading another …
To give myself some motivation to keep working on the revision, I’m posting an excerpt of the novel I’m currently revising (again) to try to get it ready to query agents. Any and all critiques are welcome. This is the first eight pages of my novel Maze of Moments, a …
I've been making a lot of those lately. "It's a three-day weekend, I don't want to work on the revision." "I have a migraine. I don't want to work on the revision." "I worked on plotting and world-building for a different project, I don't want to work on the revision too." …
Ganked from a lot of my friends, here’s the NPR’s Most Popular Sci-Fi & Fantasy novels meme. I voted, and of course am outraged that some of my favorites didn’t place very high (or even make the list. WTF where is Paks?!) but I’m pleased that I’ve read a bunch …
And lately some of the casualties have been a couple of scenes I always liked and a character who, honestly, sort of annoys me. But fortunately I’ve discovered a few foxholes, like a couple of scenes with a new character I like more than I expected, or a way to rearrange the …
Cannot wait for m_stiefvater’s next book, Forever, to hit shelves! Check out this gorgeous stop-animation book trailer. And she wrote that hauntingly beautiful music for it too! You can pre-order the book here at Fountain Bookstore. I’ll be doing that myself very shortly. :)
I’m a reader of Procrastinating Writers blog and Write It Sideways blog. For the month of January, both bloggers are producing a “Better Writing Habits” newsletter, and I’m subscribed to that. Today I’m posting my response to the first day of their series. What are your worst writing habits of …
So I generally eschew New Year’s Resolutions (and I’ve recently become a fan of slightlyjillian’s method of taking stock and making resolutions on your birthday). But I also think there’s a lot of value in having a writing plan for the year, and October (when my birthday is) seems like …
I validated last night, in the middle of the scene that is about to ramp our characters up into the climax of the novel. Chloe and Braxton aren’t talking to each other. As soon as Martin finds out about that, he won’t be talking to Chloe either. Fortunately, Jason and …
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