Tag: novel writing
The D.E.P. (Derail Every Plan) Method
I’m in two critique groups, one for novels and one for screenplays. My novel group met yesterday and chapters 4 and 5 of my first steampunk novel were up. The great thing about being in a critique group is that, while all will comment on story structure and characters, different […]
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Falling Behind
Next week, I will be reviewing my goals for the first quarter of 2023. I’m doing pretty good in most categories, except one, which is arguably the most important one. My writing. I should have finished chapter three of my second novel by now, but I’m still on chapter one. […]
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Mad Woman Goes to Conference
The latest California Creative Writers Conference was recently held over two consecutive weekends. It started on Friday afternoon, 3/3/23, then all day Saturday and Sunday, then in the afternoons Monday through Wednesday. This was the virtual part of the conference on Zoom. While I sat at my computer for it, […]
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Oh, no, Here We Go!
Starting a new novel can be intimidating, but also exciting. And it’s one of my major goals of the year: Write a new novel and write a new screenplay. While I’m still working on trimming my second steampunk screenplay, it is at the point that I can novelize it. Actually, […]
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Digitally Tired
This blog is going to be short. I’ve been at the Digital Authors and Indie Publishing virtual conference all weekend, and it will continue throughout the week in the evenings. Here are some of the highlights so far: Sat. 10:00am – THE FINE ART OF PITCHING TO AN AGENT OR […]
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Hit by the Sledgehammer of Inspiration
How it All Starts I start off my Thursday afternoon as I always do. I drop off my client to his therapist and hit the local Yogurtland to grab my favorite chocolate obsession and do some writing. I used to think that when I started working part-time, I would have […]
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The Long and the Short of it
As I have been mentioning, my critique group has now gone over my entire script for my second steampunk story. I’ve gotten a lot of good feedback, both in the Zoom meetings and in written notes. At 165 pages, I knew it was too long, but that’s how first drafts […]
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From Wannabe Writer…
I’m working through, “Your Goal Guide”, be Debra Eckerling. http://thedebmethod.com/yourgoalguide/ And I say “working through” because there are exercises, meditations, keeping a journal, etc. It’s one of the twelve books I want to read this year, but it’s one that I will go through one or two chapters a week. […]
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Two Paths
In GLAWS there is always a lot of talk about different paths to publishing: Traditional, Indi, Self-Publishing, Print-on-Demand, Kindle, etc. Ways of getting you work out there have become more diverse. Self-publishing used to be known as vanity publishing, but now it may be the right path for certain people. […]
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What Inspires Me, Part 3: The GLAWS Years
There’s the stereotype of writers sitting alone in their basements, tapping out their novels on their typewriters, but that is not the case. Southern California homes don’t have basements. Oh, wait, there’s more to that. Cheri Tree of Quattro University use to say, “There is no such thing as a […]
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