Fall Reading Round-Up
Fall reading has been a bounty of riches! I’ve jumped right back into my Kindle-while-nursing habit, and since I’m nursing a lot, and need good books to keep me awake at 2AM (see category ...
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Tag: research
Finishing Draft 1: Then Vs. Now
Last Wednesday, I reached the end of Blizzard, draft 1. (For more details about the book’s plot and characters, return to this post.) I was powerfully reminded of the way I felt when I reached t...
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How I Research A Historical Novel
When I first decided to write a historical novel, the research was the part I most dreaded. I had written too many research papers in high school and college to look forward to the experience of doin...
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How’s Your Writing Life?
Writers and non-writers alike seem to struggle when inquiring about my writing. They want to ask about my book without hearing me drone endlessly on my characters and how the Triangle Fire was a vita...
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I Heart Scrivener
There are very few tools that a writer truly needs. A writing instrument, and her imagination. That is all. But… I hereby pledge true devotion to the writing tool known as Scrivener. I discovere...
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The Write and the Re-Write, Part 2
Continued from Part 1… After receiving much helpful feedback on my novel from agents, I had many questions to consider: Should I keep querying and hope another agent would accept the original ma...
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