Now that I have finished the first draft of my WIP, I’m ready to start outlining it.I’ve never understood how writers outline their stories before writing them. Sure, I could make up an outline before writing the draft, but my characters won’t feel any...
There’s nothing like that feeling, is there?Late last Thursday night, I finished GRUNSDAY, the manuscript I started on April 2. Fifteen weeks of writing (interrupted by work on THE CAGED GRAVES twice), and it finished up at a bloated 98.5k words. ...
I admit it. I don’t understand Pinterest or Tumblr. I’ve looked up explanations of these social networks, but reading that Tumblr is a forum for micro-blogging doesn’t help me much. What is micro-blogging? Blogging for teeny tiny people? And...
I was in the Poconos last week, enjoying a writing retreat and then a couple days with my family. During my day and a half alone, I wrote a chapter in my WIP – which may not seem like a lot, but it was significant for me. I had taken a break from the...
Our third First Impressions critique is a MG fantasy called THE TRANSPARENTS, by Vicki Tremper.Chapter 1: The Sneeze Sometimes I wish I could disappear like my hero, Houdini. Get myself...
