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In the Trenches: A weird and beautiful type of magic
Querying is, at this moment, going very slowly. I am attempting to shift my brain over to editing mode. I seem to be grinding the gears.
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In the Trenches: CPTSD and the Status Quo
What do you do? Sit, patiently for the inevitable to descend or do you send the gentle ripple out into the world that will reflect back to you as a crushing blow? It’s like a game of Russian roulette, except every barrel is loaded.
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In the Trenches: Bad at Typing A New Tappity Tale
In the Trenches: TappityOh bother, I’m just whinging about the necessity to fight my way through technology in order to get my work done.
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In the Trenches: 5 Things to Organize the New Writer
In the Trenches: 5 Things – I am pursuing a way to better define my time. Something simple, yet flexible. So, ask yourself, ‘how is house cleaning like writing?’ Experiment time: I’ve applied a resource for one, to the other.
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In the Trenches: Stalking Comps Elusive, Rare, and Maddening
In the Trenches: Comparable – Scouring the world’s libraries for just that book to not compare yours to.
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In the Trenches: 120 Reasons to Turn off Auto-Closing
In the Trenches: 120 The role of the magic number 120 in querying.
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In the Trenches: A Question on Writing Style
It seems the only area of my life where I consider style is in my writing. So, is there a market out there for my style?
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In the Trenches: Inventing Quicksand
In the Trenches: Inventing Quicksand The phrase ‘rich world building’, if that isn’t the ultimate invitation to do, and over do.
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In the Trenches: News for Writers About the Bird
One writer unpacking their thoughts and asking questions about Twitter and the publishing industry. Stay with me as I try to unpack all my thoughts around this topic. I promise, I will try to be coherent.
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We create our rejections
I’m going to say something that might not be popular, but if you take a moment to think about it, I think you’ll agree. As writers, we create 50%+ of our own rejections.