When I was a kid, I used to spend hours dreaming up imaginary civilizations and writing their histories (I stumbled upon one of these histories recently and noticed that, in its unfinished state, it was just a little bit shorter … Continue reading
Last night, I finished making my revisions to AToB. Not only am I seventeen days ahead of schedule, but I’m happy to report that the revision process wasn’t nearly as painful as I thought it would be. It wasn’t as … Continue reading
Last night, I finished making the longhand corrections to A Theft of Bones, thus completing Stage 1 of the revision process. I’ll admit that I was a bit wary of printing out the manuscript and making the corrections by hand, … Continue reading
Last spring, I took a break from my WIP and wrote a short story involving the novel’s antagonist. I submitted the story to my writers’ group and, while it received generally favorable comments, one member made a particularly trenchant criticism: … Continue reading