In my very first fiction writing class, my teacher mentioned an author he knew who would write an entire first draft of a novel, then erase it- literally delete it from his computer– and start his re-write from scratch. My fellow students and I were appalled. I couldn’t imagine doing all that work and then […]
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Friday Book Trio Roundup
In a strange accident of timing, I finished three books in one week. I’ve been toggling back and forth between books on my Kindle, and listening to an audiobook in the car. It’s odd I finished them all together, because the trio could not be more disparate. Here’s what I’ve been reading: Zombie by J.R. Angelella […]
The Non-Writing Writer
Back in December, in my post Finished, I said that the hardest part of writing my novel, completing the first draft, was over. Well, I was wrong. Turns out the hardest part is re-reading that first draft, considering what needs to be edited and fixed, and realizing that one possible solution involves removing one or two of […]
Room
This was one of the first books I downloaded on my new Kindle, and the first book I read straight through on our trip to Alaska this summer, after trying and failing to get into The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (more on that later.) I would give it five stars, or two thumbs up, […]