Around this time last year I finished the first draft of a novel. It’s currently sitting in a binder, awaiting yet another round of revision, and to date it has been read only by a few lovely beta readers. One of these was my talented boyfriend, and because he is super-amazing he made me these: … More Unpublished but I Already Have Fan Art!
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If you are a writer and you haven’t yet checked out Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling, click here. Very interesting, thought-provoking, and (I hope) useful for getting out of a writing funk. A few of the rules that stick out for me: #1: You admire a character for trying more than for their successes. #5: … More rules, shmules
This is me right now: Gonna give it a once-over today and then send out to my charming beta readers. Eep!
By the time you read this, I will be on a bus. GREETINGS, FUTURE-PEOPLE. Anyway. I’m heading to the SCBWI winter conference in New York City. Not actually attending the conference, but a bunch of my friends will be there and since NY is basically right next door to me I really have no excuse not to go. So! … More off on adventures
From CNN’s interview with Amor Towles, author of The Rules of Civility: I’ve been writing fiction since I was a kid. From the age of 15 to 25, I probably wrote more than 50 short stories, one of which was published in “the Paris Review” in 1989. Then in my late 30s and early 40s, … More words of wisdom
I write fantasy and science fiction. It’s what I like best, and what I’m best at. But sometimes I veer away and try to write something contemporary and dramatic—I tried to become the next Tolstoy around the age of 15 and failed miserably—or comedic and quirky. However, I can safely say that the biggest failure … More remember that time I wrote chick lit?
As a follow-up to my previous post, I’m finding it very difficult to write my superhero-themed novel today because I can’t get over the “this is how superhero stories should be told” effect of the movie. Damn you, Captain America. Damn yoooouuuuuu.
