In the past few months, I have been diligently revising, editing and rewriting my story through a series of drafts. There is still work that needs to be done. Each time I sit down to work I make a commitment to make it better. Each time I reread a chapter I discover how much I … More Revising, Rewriting, and Editing
Last weekend I attended the North Texas SCBWI Conference and here’s what I learned. Conferences are important to attend. You not only get to meet and chat with other writers who are at different stages in their writing journey, but there are craft and industry workshops that are super helpful. You can sign up … More North Texas SCBWI
Participating in NaNoWriMo 2016 is what truly gave me a jolt to seriously make a commitment to write every day and think about my work in progress on a daily basis. The beginning is often the hardest part long before the story even starts. Check out my NaNoWriMo blog post: How to Begin Writing Every … More How to Begin Writing Every Day
A couple of days ago I decided to write one chapter a day. Let me be clear that in the almost two years that I have been working on my manuscript I have never written one whole chapter in an entire day. Really! I’ve taken some time in between writing sometimes mid-chapter to think things … More One chapter a day
Hello again! It’s been a few sleeps since I’ve written a post. The last couple of weeks have gone by so fast I can’t believe September is upon us already. Since my last post I’ve taken a couple of writing classes online, read an amazing some amazing books and learned a lot about my writing. … More Writing Life Outside of Fiction
Just a little update you guys about how or rather where I am in my manuscript. I finished my first draft–in its roughest glory just before the holidays so around mid-October last year. I took a few weeks off for clarity even though I was itching to get back in. This break was super, super … More Tackling the manuscript
I finished!! Hooray! I thought you guys should know that I finished my first draft last Sunday night. Ha! I have been basking on glorious ‘OMG I’m done–for now at least’ glory for a few days now and it feels so good! I am proud of what I’ve written and ready to take it to … More The First Draft
I am so honored to have been able to contribute to the blog. Participating in NaNoWriMo is what truly gave me a jolt to seriously make a commitment to write every day. Shortly after completing Camp NaNoWriMo in July I wrote a post for the NaNoWriMo blog. Check it out here!
You’re probably thinking…’what tools’? Ah well you know when I sit down to write I have to have a few certain things available for me to feel at ease. I heard that a lot of other writers have their ‘thing’ that they do to prepare for a writing session and I thought I would share … More Writing Tools
So…I didn’t finish 50,000 words in 30 days. I knew before I started that I wouldn’t finish. I knew from the beginning that because my novel was outlined at 30 chapters and on average 3,000-4,000+ words per chapter so far I would not finish the project itself in a month. Somewhere between the election and … More Afterthoughts: NaNoWriMo Finale
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