In honor of today’s question and answer, here is a fabulous video: Jessie Sin asked, What are your thoughts and opinions on ‘ghost writing’? This is a difficult question to answer, because the answer depends greatly on the circumstances behind each book. So, being the total cheater that I am, I am borrowing from another [...]
Jessie Sin has a few questions on submissions. First, she asks: What will you be looking for in an editor? Hrm…this is an interesting one, mostly because it is so far in the future I haven’t given too much thought to it. Daydreaming is fun, but I prefer to live in the present, so I [...]
I got a few questions about my process before and during first drafts, so I thought I would address them all together. We’ll start with Jessie Sin, who asks: What is your prep process before you begin a novel? (Scene-by-scene plotting, character backstories, ensuring you have a month’s supply of popcorn, etc.) If there have [...]
Wow, this sinus infection is really giving my word-count a beating. I am officially way behind my goal. But, my health is something I won’t sacrifice for my writing, so I am dealing with it. It is more important for me to take care of my body and regain my health than it is for [...]
Well, some of you came through for me and asked some questions. Some (not naming names here *cough*Jessie*cough*) decided to single-handedly help me come up with blog posts for the rest of the month. Each and every question asked will be answered*, some will just take some time to come up with a good answer, [...]
The first week of NaNoWriMo is coming to a close, and my brain is slowly working its way into first-draft-mush stage. First-draft-mush stage is that wonderful place where my mind swirls with the words I have written and those that are waiting to be typed. I dream of my characters, often in bizarre and scary [...]
