Seriously, does anyone know how to do this? If you do, please tell me, because my mind done got lost about halfway through the process. So, I’m done with draft 2 of a novel that is slowly, slowly inching towards readability. This is the first time I’ve ever revised a manuscript of this length instead…
Sit down Realize I should turn on computer Fiddle with every object around my writing space Turn on computer Wander away while computer is booting up Come back after computer has booted up and gone to sleep Jiggle mouse Jiggle mouse some more Impatiently turn monitor off and back on again Sign in Wander away…
If you don’t follow the book blogging community closely, you may not be aware that there have been multiple recent incidents of authors stalking and assaulting book reviewers for daring to give their books negative reviews. This is deeply fucked up, and many book bloggers understandably chose to stop reviewing books for their own safety.…
Dear grammar nerds, are your eyeballs burning? Are you composing an angry comment at this very moment about how I clearly meant figuratively? Oh, my poor sweet darlings, literally has been in use as an intensifier for figurative language since the late 18th century. Twerk is in the dictionary. The singular they is a throwback…
I’ve been watching a lot of TV dramas lately, because I’m struggling with character development and those long-form dramas can be great examples of how to get it right (or hilariously wrong). Isaac likes political shows, so we’ve dipped into both House of Cards and Scandal. Both are solidly made shows with one gaping flaw,…
2013 marks my second year of completing a novel-length textual product.* I didn’t technically finish a novel, in the sense that I do not have a manuscript that is ready to be released into the world, but I did complete the structure on which a more polished story will one day hang, and I passed…