Editing is a necessary evil of writing. On one hand, it shapes your book into something others can read, on the other hand, it can drive a writer crazy. Just the thought of having to go back through that first chapter one more time makes the option of throwing in the towel just as attractive …
Continue reading Fun Ways To Keep Yourself Sane During Endless Edits
Last week I talked about being uninspired to write after recovering from surgery and I'm happy to say that this week I did leave the binge-watching behind and put my fingers to the keyboard. I got back to writing blog posts and regularly posting and interacting on Instagram, where the great writing community reminded me …
Continue reading 5 Sure-Fire Signs That You’re Procrasta-Writing
At the end of 2017, I finished crafting the final book in the YA supernatural series I’d been writing solidly for four years. Before those four years, it was a jumble of ideas and rough drafts worked on sporadically for 13 years. To say this was the series I was always thinking about is an …
Spending time writing is one of the greatest (and most frustrating) pleasures of life. If I could spend all my free time writing, I would, and I'm sure all writers would agree with me. Naturally, life does get in the way, but a writer is someone who will find time after hours, on weekends, in …
Continue reading Are You A Wannabe Or A Writer? Four Ways To Tell
We've all heard the advice that you need to write every day to be a writer, but is it true? Yes... and no. Writing every day builds your skills. Not only does it progresses your work WIP, but it also forms a writing habit that will skyrocket your productively. What's even better is that you don't …
To be a writer, you need to be many things; an editor, a dreamer, a finder of typos, a character creator, a world builder, a hunter of plot bunnies, a channeler of the muse, a reader, a critic, a slayer of fears, and a devourer of chocolate. The most important thing that you need to …
Continue reading The Selfish Writer (And Why It Should Be You)
After a year of getting nowhere with agents, and following the advice of the editor who assessed the manuscript I was sending out, I decided that I would give publishers a try. So far this year I have submitted to two publishers. The first sent an automatic reply to the submission saying that if I …
As writers, we tend to carry on a lot of conversations in our heads; ones with characters, and ones with ourselves about plot twists and ideas. There's also that conversation we have every time we sit down at the keyboard, put pen to paper, or get ready to hit submit or publish. It's the conversation …
Everyone knows that in order to write you need to sit down and add to your word count day after day. There’s an art to it, but did you know there’s also an art to not writing. Not writing also requires you to turn up at your desk with the intention of working on your …
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