As specific dates come nearer–like submission date, publication date, forgot-to-buy-my-brother-in-law-a Christmas-present date–writers can get a little clingy. And editors are there to talk them down off the ledge. Or maybe drive them over it. Me: The beta readers are trying to kill me. Editor: All the best ones do. Me: Hahaha. I’m worried, after...
I’m finishing off the synopsis today and sending it to The Editor in Question so she can comment on the general storyline and I can fix any major issues I’m too blind to see before I go to beta. It’s also a show of good faith, since I’ve been a total flake for nearly two years. Working...
No, I don’t have a release. 🙁 I think you all would have been sick of me by now if I had. I’m in agonies of anticipation just thinking about the possibility. But it’s not yet. Trust me, you’ll know when the day comes. I’ll probably explode. Like this Exploding Kitten. (I bought this...
Back from our spring hiatus, the Three Dirty Birds are pecking away at Libbie Hawker’s Take Your Pants Off! and discussing her plot signposts. Zoe: I almost didn’t want the stuff on character arc and theme to end. I was having fun! Kate: True. Once I started getting into the meat of plotting out...
We were stormed in for the better part of a week. Being your typical introverted author, I loved it. 🙂 A whole week where I didn’t need to go out and wear myself to bit talking to people. A week away from the day job and the crap that’s going on there. And, best...
Part Two of our discussion of the checklist James Scott Bell provides at the end of his Revision and Self-editing for Publication. Meet us over at Ana’s blog!
I do seem to have a lot of these… Me: sends (amusing) snippet of Work In Progress to tease editor Editor: You realize that every time you send me stuff like this, I have complete mental images of you snickering madly and talking to yourself while camped out in your office. Me: Umm, did...
In response to Missy Welsh stating that she planned to do her own NanoWriMo in May, June and July and that she was thinking about blogging the process… Me: I would totally rather experience that vicariously. Editor: Me too.Oh wait — that *is* how I experience it. Mwahahahaha! Me: You behave, or we’ll all...
Like I said, she’s smart. I’ve been thinking a lot about how I write lately, and how to trigger the writing mood, and it got me looking at the different styles of writer out there. And looking at “writing advice” that’s out there by the ton. Great minds thinking alike and all that, apparently...
Watcha doin’? Here I am and it’s Friday night and it’s been a heck of a week—not in a good way. I’m tired, cranky, frustrated and all I really want to do is site on the couch with a bottle of something alcoholic and watch tv. I’m too tired even to read. But I...