There are some ideas that come out fully formed, like Athena from Zeus' head. These ideas are ready to be turned into writing projects immediately. Others need to stew for years. Most are somewhere in-between ( Read more... )

"July Novel Writing Month" is over as of midnight last Saturday night. While the result is the lowest word count of any July or November writing month so far, it was far from a failure ( Read more... )

I had a big long post to start this off, and then I realized it was a rant about the traditional publishing industry. And that wasn't supposed to be the point of it ( Read more... )

New words are not all there is to writing. A finished first draft is only a first (big) step. And it's the stuff that comes after and before a first draft that has been occupying my time ( Read more... )

Ive been writing ever since I could string letters together to form words, and its never stopped since. However, the big goal of some day making a living off my fiction writing has remained elusive ( Read more... )

Over at Forward Motion Writers, Zette, the owner of the site, is offering a class called Two Year Novel (2YN). This is a class that takes place over two years that go from the first germ of an idea all the way through the planning to the writing of the first draft, into revision, and then to the point of submitting ( Read more... )

Nano is coming fast. Wow, is it coming fast! Tomorrow! Eeek ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm nuts. Trying to finish a novel before Nano starts. In one way that's a very good thing. Gearing up to Nano means the mind and muse are raring to go at writing. But you can't start until November 1st. By having another project it satisfies that writing 'itch ( Read more... )

Exactly 6 weeks away from today. Yowza!

Originally published at JA Marlow.

On day 11 at about 10pm, I reached 50033 words. The writing didn't stop however! Before midnight, the count had grown to 51661. The novel "The Phoenix Eggs" is really shaping up. The climax is within sight and the characters are finding themselves in rather a big pickle.

Perfect! (not for the characters, but you know what I mean)

JulNoWriMo has ( Read more... )