Oh boy. It's been a busy month. All good things, but oof. The worst part is that, for some reason, I can't get myself to start working on my edit. I'm so intimidated by reading through it and starting changes. I think they call that "resistance," when the internal critic decides it's safest to keep… Continue reading So much to do and not able to start
I didn't really know what to expect from a developmental editor. Sure, I know how I edit things and how my critique group comments on pieces, but I didn't know how that would look from somebody else. If you, like me, don't know what to expect from a developmental editor, let me break it down… Continue reading Developmental Edits are in!
Oh man, have I been struggling! Writing, especially first draft writing or even just free-writing, used to be so easy for me. I didn't think it was easy when I was doing it of course, but looking back now I'm stunned by how fluidly things would come to me and come together. Now though...now I'm… Continue reading Let’s get real…I’ve got writer’s block
August has been a whirlwind! There's so much happening in my personal life and my work life that my brain has just not wanted to focus on my writing. I got engaged Started a new line edit side gig Product launch and trade show season at work Manuscript sent to a developmental editor Venue visits… Continue reading So much happening, but not a lot of writing…
I made a whole big hoopla about having two new ideas for stories and being super excited to get started. Yeah, so about that...turns out starting an entirely new project is not as easy as I remember. After finishing the fourth or fifth draft of my Magick Forest novel, and then finishing up Saving the… Continue reading False starts are still starts
Subtle Stories 