I haven’t done a roundup of writing links in a while, so I have a bunch in my Google Reader that have been patiently waiting to be shared. Here they are: -Agent Mary Kole talks about the promise of your novel -Adventures in Children’s Publishing shares some exercises to recharge your creativity and also looks at [...]
[Attention teachers: A free curriculum guide for My Very UnFairy Tale Life is now available! You can download it HERE and I'll also put a link to it in the sidebar.] Since it’s almost the end of the year, it’s time to take a look back at this year’s five most popular posts (i.e. the ones [...]
Not too long ago, someone (I can’t remember who!) linked to Joe Konrath’s post on marketing. At the end of his post, Konrath listed several inspiring quotes on writing. Many of them rang true for me, including: “Hard work trumps talent. Persistence trumps inspiration. Humility trumps ego.” But there was one quote that didn’t sit quite [...]
I’m still in my revision cave, but thankfully there’s lots of chocolate here to keep me going. I’m currently rewriting the last couple of chapters of the book, which is a tad daunting. I think it will make the ending more satisfying, though, so it’s a necessary process. In the meantime, here are some recent [...]
I guess it’s odd for me to be doing a WIP update since I’m not actively working on anything at the moment. I’m waiting on some feedback on a project, and I think my brain is still too much in it to switch over to anything else. But because I’ve been fairly consistent with writing [...]
A while back I posted about a middle/high school library in desperate need of new books. I put out the call for book donations and you guys didn’t disappoint! Jenna got tons of books for her library, and her students can’t wait to read them. Thank you all who donated and spread the word about [...]
Last year, I listed my five most popular blog posts of 2009 (i.e. the ones that had gotten the most traffic). Since the end of the year has snuck up on us again, I guess it’s time to do the same. And this year I’m going to go bigger – top six! Just like last [...]
This part of the month is when NaNo gets really hard. Because of Thanksgiving, there are even more distractions from writing than usual. So, not surprisingly, I’m behind in my word count. But I know I can catch up. Last night I asked my husband to try to guilt me into writing 3,000 words, and [...]
My husband’s family is full of creative optimists; they plunge into new ideas and try to make them work. It doesn’t always lead to success, but you can’t accuse them of not trying. When my husband gets an idea, usually for a techy thing, he often has to teach himself a new programming language in [...]
What is it about fall that makes the days speed by? I feel like I’ve been playing catch-up all week. And speaking of catching up, it’s been a while since I did a roundup of useful writing links, and my Google reader is bursting with starred items just waiting to be shared with you all. [...]
