I’m working on fixing up a book so I can continue submitting to agents with it. The process has gone a little like this: Step 1. Write Book. Step 2. Edit Book. Step 3. Write Query Letter/Synopsis. Step 4. Submit
Tales of a Writers’ Conference Newbie – Fears
So, yesterday I signed up to attend the Pike’s Peak Writers’ Conference, held in Colorado Springs, CO over the weekend of April 29-May 1. I have been thinking about attending a writers’ conference for about a year and a half.
Outlining
As with almost everything, outlining is a process that tends to be individual to each writer, if they do it at all. In the seven years that I’ve been writing seriously, I’ve gone from a complete pantser (i.e. someone who
Friday Round-up
Thank Landsquid it’s Friday, amirite? Space/Science Extreme Planet Makeover (Might be fun for world-building scifi/off-world fantasy) Some confusion over the existence of the Triceratops First One-Fingered Dinosaur Found (It is apparently Dinosaur Week. But that’s okay, because dinosaurs are awesome.) Picture of how
Writing with a Partner – Collaborative Editing
To continue our discussion from last week (tl;dr – writing with a partner is awesome, assuming you find the right partner), this week I am going to discuss the theory of editing collaboratively. I say theory because I have not done
Beginnings
Starting yet another novel for Nano this year has reminded me how very much I hate beginnings. Somewhere out there, I have no doubt, is an author whose first lines are always poignant and gripping on the first try, whose
Editing Process
Each author’s editing process is as individual as their writing process is. Here’s mine. Step 1. Write a book. (This takes anywhere from two to ten months depending on genre, how much I actually know about what I’m making up,
