Hi Everyone, I haven’t written as much as I’ve wanted lately. The first half of the week I hardly wrote, I don’t even know what happened, I think it was just bad time management. I did post a short story on the blog though, which I haven’t done in forever. YA Book Lover, is a … More A Writerly Update 30.
Hi Everyone! I have survived another week of the school holidays and am happy to report I was more productive this week. The kids go back to school on Tuesday! *Happy dances* It will be so nice to get back into my regular routine again. I’ve mainly been writing at night. I don’t like doing … More A Writerly Update 29.
I was reading a very interesting post by author David James Poissant earlier in the this week explaining how to make submitting your superpower. Poissant was referring to short stories in the article but it could also refer to submitting novels. He says there are many tools in the writers belt, and one of the … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Be Relentless.
This week while my epic fantasy is still with the Beta Reader, I have continued on with Rift, reading through 6 more chapters. I’m reading through this draft, only doing a light edit because I think I might have to change it from first to third. It’s a big decision so I want to read … More A Writerly Update 27.
Hi Everyone, I’ve had a fairly productive week writing wise. I contacted the person I wanted to beta read my YA epic fantasy and she said she would read it 🙂 So while that is happening I’ve decided to work on the next draft of Rift, my YA sci-fi. I have gone through the first … More A Writerly Update 26.
Hi Everyone, welcome to this week’s writerly update. I have mainly been concentrating on my YA epic Fantasy as this is the one I have decided I am going to send out on submission when it is ready. YA author Susan Dennard just sold her YA epic fantasy to Tor & Tor UK which I … More A Writerly Update 23.
Hi everyone, how are you? The past fortnight I have been resting my Urban Sci-fi Rift so I can go into draft 2 with fresh eyes. I won a critque of my first ten pages, which I didn’t think I would win, and was nervous about sharing them, especially chapter two, because I like my … More A Writerly Update 14.
It is with great pleasure that I can announce I have finally finished the first round of rewrites for my YA urban sci-fi Rift!!! It is so much better than when I wrote it the first time around, and it is a lot different now so I’m going to have to make some adjustments in … More A Writerly Update 13.
Note: I’m not doing NaNoWriMo, and I feel like the only writer who isn’t. I’ve already got too many projects under my belt and a new 50,000 word one is not what I need right now. This is going to be a short update because I’ve only been concentrating on one manuscript lately, and that’s … More A Writerly Update 12.
It’s been about three weeks since my last update and in that time I’ve been mainly working on two projects. I’m still working on my rewrite of my urban sci-fi novel rift. I’m about half way through now which is really exciting. Because it’s a rewrite though, I have to cut heaps of sections that … More A Writerly Update 11.