***WARNING: This blog post contains links to TVtropes.org. Click at your risk.*** So I made through my cycle of editing last week, and I’ve got a new concern: The end. While I’m not a fan of tying everything up neatly with a ribbon, it feels too long to me. Like Return of the King too […]
Where in Kate describes what editing does to a writer’s brain…
I’m starting to feel sorry for my critiquers, because my novel is a touch… bipolar. At this point, I’m really frankensteining the thing. There’s a lot of cutting and pasting bits of chapters, and then dashing off 100 or so words to tie it all together. Which is fairly normal for the third draft. The real […]
Here I am, once again, talking about my insecurities. And ironically, it’s when I have them on display. See, I didn’t start out writing novellas. I started with novels. And my baby, The Haven, was that story. The one people tell you to write. “Write the books you want to read!” And I did. I […]
For the first time since the original spark of idea, I found myself daydreaming about Jeff. How to end the scene he’s in and where to go from there. It’s a good sign. I’m so busy with the end of the school year, the oldest kid’s birthday, and all the critiques for Monsters that I […]
Words That Burn Like Fire 