Because it’s HELLA RELEVANT: The Five Phases of Revision
Like I mentioned before, I recently got my first official edit letter. So now I have to start, you know, editing. And so, of course, my brain is going LH […]
The view from my side of the fence.
In an industry where change has occurred rarely and at a slow pace, the past decade has brought an avalanche of new ideas, technology, and problems. Publishing as a whole […]
Money, debt, writing, and priorities.
Reflectors (c) Jing Villareal I might have said this before (or, you know, a million bazillion times), but I really want to be a full-time writer. The goal is possible […]
WIPs, friends, weekends, and good news!
This is a post of news in various forms: Progress news, Good news, and Vague news. So, let’s get started. Wow! (c) David Siqueira Progress News: I’m still plugging away at […]
2013 is already getting booked up fast!
I started double checking my calendar for scheduled events to make sure nothing important overlapped and I realized OMG. I’m going to be really freaking busy this year! Between book […]
Hitting the halfway point and making it to “The End.”
Champagne (c) Design4Y It may be a few days late (two, to be exact), but I hit 40,000 words in The Dream War Saga Book 2! And, better yet, I […]
Goals: Not meeting them and setting them anyway
As I’ve said already, I had a winter break this year! It was like a mini-preview of what life as a full time writer will be like and I wish […]
So this is what my life could be like?
Sign 2: Men at Work (c) Davide Guglielmo I have been off work since Friday and I don’t have to go back until January 2nd. Usually when I have time […]
It’s the beginning of the end of the world, but just in case…
This morning the temperature in South Florida is about twenty degrees cooler than it was yesterday, it looks like a serious storm is going to roll in sometime today, and […]
The road to discovery.
Make it Bigger 2 (c) Joana Croft Earlier this week I talked about my state of overwhelm. Yeah. It’s still there. However, I have made a lot of progress toward […]
A permanent state of overwhelm.
Had meeting with my editresses this weekend. They asked lots of questions and made lots of suggestions on the structure and shape of The Dream War Saga series. I went […]
Thanksgiving news and new stories!
Beautiful Doorway (c) jhay0781 Thanksgiving is always my favorite holiday, but this year it was better than ever! I got good news! A short story I wrote this summer will […]
You should usually try things more than once.
Lost 1 (c) Sanja Gjenero As of last night, book 2 of The Dream War Saga has a plot! Well, it’s had a plot for a while, but it was […]
Communication, miscommunication, and Flight of the Conchords.
Shadows (c) Alex Bruda For writers, communication is kind of important. And by kind of I mean OMG SUPER DUPER CRAZY IMPORTANT. Not only do you have to be able […]
Good times they are a’comin’!
Jumping Man (c) Asif Akbar Yesterday, out of the blue, I heard from both of my editors! We’re finally getting close to the time when I have full permission to […]