I have a dilemma.

I usually have two or three four or five WIPs going at any given time (that’s not a dilemma, it’s just a fact of life), and I would very much like to begin pre-production on a novel called Patience Goodwin. Here’s the short-short version:

A young Puritan woman tries to help free her stepbrother from his unholy love for a faery ( Read more... )

I was posting this in a writing comm and thought it made a good topic for here, too, so I snatched it. :D

Pretty sure every writer has experienced insecurity about some part of the writing process, moments where we felt discouraged or frustrated. I've only been writing about three years, and I've had plenty of those periods of What the hell am I ( Read more... )

Hello, everyone. Happy weekend! I just randomly saw this on tumblr, and thought some of you might be interested:

Fantasy Writing ContestThe most salient points seem to be ( Read more... )

When reading a series how much 'reminding' do you like or need from book to book? Reintroduction of characters, their descriptions, relationship, history etc. But also general backstory. Is that different from how much you usually see in a book. Or does that depend on the author, the series and how the content that's being reintroduced? Please be ( Read more... )

So in an attempt to find something more 'simple' to work on while I take my mystery to the level I have decided to adapt a 5k into an original piece. The fic also happens to align with an idea I've been mulling for a post-apocalypse story so I'm pretty excited ( Read more... )

I'm trying to break down the process of submitting queries about my recently completed novel, and I know a couple of you are querying too or have recently, so I thought I'd post something for discussion! Below are a few resources I've found or been referred to over the past couple weeks - what else do you use? If you've been through this before, ( Read more... )

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Hey writers! So, last weekend or so, I discovered a blind spot in my original writing. I realized that I have a significantly easier time writing fanfic because I already (and must) love the characters/pairings I write. So, that contrasts quite a bit with original fic for me, because I don't even know my characters, yet alone love them or need them ( Read more... )

Do you try and write something in a dialect or just say 'he said in a Scottish brogue' or she drawled her her Southern style?

I'm realizing as I come to the end of my second draft that I need to trust myself to outline more in the future ( Read more... )