I did something naughty this morning. I wrote something that wasn't THE SEVENTH SACRIFICE. I wrote the first 700 words or so on THE TRIAD SOCIETY. There are a couple reasons for this. First, after fixing chapters 4 and 5, I saw how much work chapter 8 needed and I think my first foray with THE SEVENTH SACRIFICE is a false start. I need to dump ( Read more... )

An agent expects me to write well. I expect an agent to represent me well. This is the foundation of the author/agent relationship. It the the foundation but not the extent of that relationship. An agent has other expectations to ( Read more... )

I finished WANTED on Tuesday. That is to say, I finished the first draft. On Wednesday I made the same mistake I always make when I finish a manuscript. I tried to continue writing a different project with the same level of output. I was churning out 2000 to 4000 words a day at the end of WANTED and had hoped to roll that progress right into HOUSE ( Read more... )

I can't remember who the author was, someone I respected immensely at the time (Kurt Vonnegut Jr. perhaps?), but I read his opinions long long ago and to this day, I have found them mostly accurate. I say mostly because physical and psychological factors can also play a part in one's writing, so if you're exhausted, overly stressed, or in some ( Read more... )