Writing Advice
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Release Day!
Birdsong and Bone is out! Oh my goodness! I can’t believe book 2 is out in the world today! It’s been a trying month this last month but it paid off in the end. My arm is on the mend, book 2 is out, and now I can focus on book 3 a little more. I’ll be candid right now – the rough draft for book 3 was supposed to be done by the end of this month. That’s not going to happen and I’m frankly having a horrible bit of anxiety over it. I can get about thirty minutes of typing in before my hand cramps horribly from my…
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April Camp Nano and Other Happenings
Oh geez. It’s been a while since I last posted. Between finishing up initial revisions to get my book ready for beta readers and everyday life, there hasn’t been much to report. But I suppose I should do a post just so it appears I’m not dead. Besides, I need to document that I’ve been busy these last couple of months. First up, revisions! I spent a good chunk of time going through and revising my book, Entangle. I wanted to get it polished up enough to have initial beta readers give it a go. I set a deadline for myself to have it out for betas on my birthday…
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Revision!
Oh revision! How you had me worried! Oh wait….. That’s a lot of red. Really the revisions aren’t all that bad. Most pages look like this: That’s a lot less red. I started working on revisions on Monday, even though it was a holiday and that meant the kids were home which also means a lot less time to work. Even with a shortened work week, I’ve managed to make it all the way through chapter 12 which is well over halfway through the book. Not too shabby. I was certain this revision would take weeks to get through. I guess it helps that I’m putting in 8 –…
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Rough Draft Complete!
The rough draft is done! After working all day and writing approximately 6000 words I finally finished my rough draft last night. Just in time too since I set a goal of beginning to edit my already finished rough draft for this month. But for a few hours, I think I can just sit back and relax knowing that I worked through enough plot problems to at least finish a rough draft.
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Spooky Friday Post!
It’s Friday the 13th! And that means…..a spooky accountability post? I guess? Here, this will make it spooky: Dear Lord that is a terrifying doll….On to word count accountability!
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Coaxing the Words Out
It’s the first full week back to work for me and I was so ready to be back. I intended to write a post filled with links and advice on how to get back into the swing of things after a break. But after my own dismal attempts last week and this weekend to add anything to my current WIP – I gave up on that.