I’m happy I finished writing my novel. I really am. But the end of writing meant the beginning of the next part of the process: querying agents. Querying can be… unpleasant. Oh, the actual searching for agents, fine-tuning emails and sending pages is not so bad. But after that comes the waiting. The staring at […]
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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 discovered Scrivener a couple of years ago, and, intrigued, bought myself the software for a low price of… well, I don’t remember now, […]
The Finish Line: “Just Do it!”
The plan was for my novel re-write to be done by the end of June. It wasn’t. The new plan was to finish before I left on vacation this past Monday. I didn’t. To be fair, this draft was many more words than I anticipated; the original 88,000 turned into 116,000. (I’m not quite sure how that […]
Work Begets Work
Have you ever sat down at the end of a busy day of work and thought, “I can’t believe I accomplished so much in such a short time?” Have you ever found yourself in the middle of the afternoon on a weekend, wondering how you could have spent almost an entire day without doing anything productive? That’s […]
How To Write Your First Journal Entry (Or Blog Post)
Thinking about starting a journal or a personal blog, which is essentially a journal that other people can read? Here’s everything you need to get started on your first entry: Step 1. Find your tools and your writing space. Not everyone writes best with a paper and pen or with a computer. Writing is like […]