Humorous. Dark. Vivid. Lively. Melancholic. It’s quite possible you have a touch of all these styles. Good. I certainly believe in being well-rounded when it comes to voice. However, sometimes nailing your “voice” is tough. I struggle with it a lot in my book length manuscripts–struggle to the point where there are days I convince […]
My sister is on her way with movies and wine. Yay! Had a rough writing day so I’m looking forward to the break. The words were stuck. I’m not talking glue stuck, I’m talking roots and all. Damn, stubborn things. So, I plan to work tomorrow since I’m playing tonight and since it would benefit […]
Sorry for the silence. I have a plot line that is taking a little more research than I anticipated so I’ve been bogged down trying to get it all done and still get some sort of word count. Thank goodness I decided to give up my Lone Ranger JANO and extend my personal deadline to […]
Last week, I talked about setting and typing up parts of a favorite book to better understand the flow of words. One of the Snarky readers, Word Doctor, agreed that it’s a great way to study mechanics. There is another plus to this practice. Have you ever picked up a book and been utterly enchanted […]
Ever feel like you’re getting sick but you never quite get there? Like you have half a cold? I’ve felt like that all day, actually for close to a week now. It’s just that today was worse. It’s probably from fatigue. I keep waking in the middle of the night thinking I’ve forgotten something or […]
Can you all let me know if the blog looks off? Do you still have all the color or is it all white? For some reason, half the time I pull it up today, it’s not right. Right now, I’m enjoying the mellow and lovely sounds of Saxon Shore. Click here to listen to Secret […]
For details about how this works, visit Rachel Vincent’s blog. I hit a plot bump around chapter nine on my WIP, so I decided to give Rachel’s plot board a try. It’s intense work, but strangely fun and satisfying as well. Okay, it freaking rocks! I’m visual. Out-of-sight, out-of-mind is how it works in the […]
Giving up on a difficult piece and moving on is easy. Sure, you may feel a slight, skulking guilt in low places, but you can ignore it, right? Not really. Trust me–I speak from experience. Yes, there are times when a piece just isn’t going to work. But most of the time, it just ‘needs’ work. […]
The setting is important. In fact, without it, you have nothing but characters moving around in boring space. Now, when I first write something, that’s pretty much all I get. A little snappy dialogue if I’m lucky, an idea of what they look like and boring tags like smiled, nodded and smirked. Not a lot of […]
Note: I’ve added a new page at the top called Current Scene FA Pic. A handy place to check the current photo for writing as well as the deadline. Yes, I put in a deadline. Not for pressure– no. My purpose was to alleviate pressure so you know how long you can let a photo […]
