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The empty notebook

Jan 22, 2018 | Posted by in Uncategorized | 1

Reviews steps for outlining a novel as described in K.M. Weiland’s book “Outlining Your Novel”. Me to self: “I should start writing something. I could have another book done in like a year if I follow the process in that book. It doesn’t have to take as long as the last one—it will be soRead more …

Write anything

Mar 8, 2017 | Posted by in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Write anything

Write, or write about writing? Do, or write about doing? It can be useful to stop and reflect and record, but it can be dangerous to delay moving forward. To disrupt momentum. To navel gaze. Just as it can be dangerous to never stop and savor, internalize, process. How to choose which activity is mostRead more …

November

Dec 6, 2016 | Posted by in Uncategorized | Comments Off on November

November: she took out my candidate, my football team, my refrigerator, my phone screen, and the power in my writing room, but she couldn’t stop me from writing. She stressed me, depressed me, disappointed and annoyed me, but it was all in vain, because I still wrote 50,000 words and met my goal of participatingRead more …

Revising a Novel is Banana(gram)s!

Oct 14, 2016 | Posted by in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Revising a Novel is Banana(gram)s!

Novel revisions have been a learn-as-I-go process. And since I’ve been working on this novel for years, it’s getting harder and harder to come up with creative answers to the question “How’s the novel coming?” that sound like I am making any progress at all. So this week I started telling people that novel revisionsRead more …

Setting Goals

Sep 15, 2016 | Posted by in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Setting Goals

I read about a group/blog called YA Buccaneers that run a NaNoWriMo prep/Fall Writing Bootcamp. The workbook you get if you sign up walks you through creating goals and coming up with ways to meet those goals on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis, as well as suggesting you come up with rewards to giveRead more …

Preemptive Rejection Letter

Aug 29, 2016 | Posted by in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Preemptive Rejection Letter

In response to my recent rejections, a dear friend sent me a link to The Rejection Generator Project, where you can preemptively select your own rejection letter in order to prepare you for the real thing. I tried out a few, and found the Shame Missile to be most effective at penetrating my toughening skin:Read more …

Rejection Week

Aug 27, 2016 | Posted by in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Rejection Week

It’s not that I keep a tally of my rejections—okay maybe I do. They’re in a spreadsheet where I list all the pieces I’ve sent out, when, and whether they were accepted or not. But the point is more to track what I’ve sent where and what I’m still waiting to hear back on thanRead more …

Welcome to my website!

Aug 22, 2016 | Posted by in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Welcome to my website!

I created this online place to share about my writing and the things that inspire me. And by “I” in that last sentence I mean that my husband built this website to my unclear and ever-changing specifications and my friend Dane took the headshots. But I wrote the bio! While writing seems like a singularRead more …