Don’t edit before the 1st draft is complete. – Now that is some piece of advice I could have used many years ago. As it stands, I’ve developed a nasty habit of editing as I write. In fact, I’ve already re-written and revised those two sentences four times before I got to this one. And …
If you follow me on Instagram you know I recently boxed up RynRaven along with all associated notes, research and scrapped scenes.(And if you don’t, why not? :p ) I have to box up any manuscripts I’m not currently working on, and since Ryn is with my editor, I’m letting her rest in order to …
There has been a lot of action behind the scenes and one fabulous family vacation, and that my friends is the reason it’s been a ghost town on my website recently. For that, I apologize! But it was a much-needed re-charge, I feel more connected with my family and my vision. They are no longer …
I recently came across this term- Moonshot. I’d never heard it before (not that that is a testament to it’s popularity, as I’ve only just pulled my head up out of the preverbal sand, only to firmly plant it back in there every so often, but that’s a story for another time) so, I decided …
I am chest deep in my 3rd act re-writes for RynRaven. I had a change of heart when I was revising, and I re-started this entire section – I felt, while I love my ending – the events leading up to it could use some punching up. Previously small roles of certain characters have grown …
Today, I am talking about my writing process and the frustration of losing (literally) an entire scene. I’ve done this more times than I would like to admit. You see, I have this process when writing, which I will detail shortly. Because I also have this little (depending on who you ask, some might say, …
My writing style has always been to write and see where the story takes me. Because of this style, my story SR (now formally titled Crimson & Ivory) has become a bit of a behemoth. Once RynRaven is given wings, I’ll be spending the remainder of 2018 scaling down SR, she’s much too large and …
PBS posted the list of America’s 100 most-loved books, sadly my three favorite are not on this list! But I’m going to share them with you and hope that you have or will enjoy them as well! I picked these three because I have read them several times and have owned several different copies of …
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