Still hard at work on the World Domination novel, tentatively titled THIS WILL GO ON YOUR PERMANENT RECORD. I had a bit of a slog in the middle--middles are especially hard for me, probably because I'm a pantser and not an outliner--but now I'm on the downhill slide. maybe 15k or so more to go and I'll have a working first draft. So, say, in the ( Read more... )

 So I have the rough draft of Stormy Weather done and off to a few readers. This is the first time I've rewritten a book I'd written before from the ground up, and I have to say it's an odd experience. Going in, I felt like I had a pretty good handle on the characters so I thought it wouldn't be too tough. Once I got going, though, I realized I ( Read more... )

So I just finished the second draft of THE DAPHNE PROJECT. Didn't change everything I wanted to, but it's close enough, and most importantly, I got it done and posted before my novel workshop deadline. Parts of it I love, parts I hate, and mostly I like it ... okay, so at this point I consider that a win. My goal is to have this novel query ready ( Read more... )

So last weekend found me in OH at lonfiction's place for a writer's retreat. I'd never been to any such retreat before, and so I didn't know what to expect. Don't get me wrong, I'm the sort of girl that never walks into a room full of strangers, but I didn't know how spending the weekend with five people I barely knew--three of whom I knew only from the ( Read more... )