Last weekend, Glenna Walsh (Blue Lipstick Samurai) announced that she was starting the Plot and Paper Project, which is basically just writing her next book all longhand first. I think it is a great idea. If you have been reading my blog from the beginning (a year ago tomorrow, so it seems), you will remember [...]
This post has nothing to do with David Bowie, but whatever. I love him, so he gets to be on the blog. Mostly, I have nothing real to say, but for some reason still want to write a blog post, so I am writing a blog post about blog reading. A while back I mentioned [...]
I decided that rather than bore y’all with constant chatter about how Incubus is coming along (’cause, really, I could talk about it every day…I am so entrenched in it I don’t really think of much else at this point), I am designating Wednesdays Work in Progress Wednesday. This way I can babble all about [...]
This last week, I’ve been (obviously) thinking a lot about Incubus and where I went wrong with it. And then, as I was writing yesterday’s post about keeping it simple, it hit me! The problem that I was having with Incubus is not that I was over-complicating it; not that I was starting too many [...]
By this point, you are no doubt tired of hearing about all the problems I have had with Incubus. But, along with all those problems, I learned a lot about the book and writing in general, so I am going to keep on using as an example. Sorry. When I first starting writing Incubus, it [...]
As I am tackling this insanely intense outline for Incubus (and its sequels), I can’t help but to think over my outlining process occasionally. And, if I think about it much, it must be worthy of sharing on the blog, right? Right? In a search of the interwebs, one will quickly find approximately 6.5 billion [...]
I mentioned yesterday that I have set up a plan of attack to keep myself on track. In all honesty, it makes me incredibly nervous, because the attack will be on Incubus. A little background on Incubus: I started writing this book nearly two years ago (sometime in August 2008). I had always loved writing, [...]
For today’s Road Trip Wednesday, YA Highway wants to know: What photos inspire your books? Alright! These are in no particular order, and I am not sharing which book each on is an inspiration from. Pretty much, you just get to look at fun, pretty pictures. Some of these you have seen before…. You might [...]
Seriously, thanks so much for all the help yesterday. I appreciate all the comments and bits of advice I got, both on this blog and elsewhere. After a lot of talking/reading comments and emails, I have my ducks in a row concerning Incubus. So, in true Two For Tuesday style, I have a quick two-part [...]
Let me tell you a story about poor little Incubus: While I have wanted to be a writer since I was really young, that goal got sidelined for some time while I was busy trying other things in life. Then, just over a year and a half ago, I had a dream. When I woke [...]
