A couple weeks ago, J.E. Oneil at Still Writing tagged me for the Writing Process Blog Hop.1) What am I working on?I’m currently putting the finishing touches on the 4thdraft of the third book in the Eighth Day series so I can send it to my editor later this month. It...
Recently, I reconnected with an author I exchanged emails with a few years ago. She wrote me and kindly thanked me for a review I wrote for her debut book. (This was back in my Amazon Vine days.) Now, I’m excited that Therese Walsh, author and founder of Writer...
Conventional wisdom says that after completing a first draft, you should lay it aside “to rest” before beginning any revisions on it — I’ve heard some experts recommend six to eight weeks!Well, conventional wisdom (and those experts) must not...
This was me last Friday …”IT LIVES!!!”Yes, at long last, Franken-first-draft has been completed! It came in at 84k words, about 10k more than I want. Pretty typical for me. I can knock that back, no problem. I hit all the plot points in my sketchy...
Thanks for all the kind words of encouragement last week when I was bemoaning my slow progress with this WIP. I love the support in this community!I’m still creeping into the climax of my WIP. When it comes to action scenes, I tend to choreograph everything down...
Daughter #2: A classic portrait of “WAH!”I’ve been fretting a lot because the first draft of Book 3 in the EIGHTH DAY series is not coming as easily as I’d like or as fast as I want. I know I’ve complained a little about it here on the blog, but that’s...
