My mother-in-law, who clearly understands, sent me a link to a useful picture. Discover Magazine’s blog has a hilarious and unfortunately accurate graph of the writing process. It’s about writing articles, but it could apply to fiction with only a few minor substitutes.
A graph of the writing process Read More »
My dear first readers, You were right. I did need another vaudeville scene but going back and adding that meant that I needed to massage the chapters on either side of the new scene. This is slower than just writing a new chapter, but it’s faster than trying to figure out where to put it
New Scene in Chapter 14 of The Transfigured Lady Read More »
You know… I could get layout done faster if Quark didn't freeze so often. # During allergy season, I feel like I spend all of my time actively not touching my face. Itchy, itchy, itchy… #
Updates for 2011-04-03 Read More »
Travel day! So it’s time to play #marygoround again. I’m heading to Seattle to have a writing date with @cmpriest via train. Yes, the yeti is with me, @howardtayler. I learned my lesson last time. Caught the bus to the train station! Have a drink. Also, since I know it’s April Fool’s. When I’m talking about
Twitter updates for 2011-04-01 Read More »
It occurs to me that, this being April Fool’s day, when I talk about taking a yeti on my trip, people will think that I’m making a joke. And I am, but not the kind you think. As you know, I have sort of astonishingly weird travel karma. At one point, after a flight was
The yeti is not a joke. No, really. I travel with one. Read More »