That was me. I just finished the final draft of my novel. It’s come in six weeks past my goal and a couple thousand words short, but I write lean, so I’m sure when I do my first true read through, I’ll find places to add more. Next, I’ll print it out and let it… Continue reading Did you hear that scream?
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Writing garbage, redux
It is perfectly okay to write garbage--as long as you edit brilliantly. - C. J. Cherryh At least once a week, I come to the conclusion that everything I write is garbage. Usually this realization is preceded by reading some brilliant piece of published fiction, at which point my inner critic Ms. Perfect, declares, "See?… Continue reading Writing garbage, redux
1,000 Words
I submitted to strangers once again this week. Miss Snark’s First Victim opened her blog for submissions of the first 1,000 words of your novel for critique by her readers. A previous version of the first chapter of my novel-in-progress The Brevity of Roses was critiqued by over a dozen other writers, but only a couple… Continue reading 1,000 Words
Time! Blessed Time
I’m excited! Tuesday I expect to have fourteen hours alone. I don’t have to leave the house. I don’t even have to cook dinner. What ever shall I do? WRITE! And write some more. Edit and write. Revise and write. Did I mention I plan to write? I will spend the day in my robe… Continue reading Time! Blessed Time
Writing Garbage
It is perfectly okay to write garbage--as long as you edit brilliantly. - C. J. Cherryh At least once a week, I come to the conclusion that everything I write is garbage. Usually this realization is preceded by reading some brilliant piece of published fiction, at which point my inner critic Ms. Perfect, declares, "See? You'll… Continue reading Writing Garbage
Linda Cassidy Lewis 