#Amwriting Your First Draft: The Editwock Will Steal Your Soul
Behold! Advice on getting to the end of your novel’s first draft. It involves avoiding fell beasts. Come and see!
Tag: The Writing Life
Dragon Vs. Turkey, Death by Hamster, and Writing Advice
This post heralds my return to blogging after a month-long hiatus. Also, hamster make-outs, scrambled felines, and writing advice.
The One Where You Get to Be Pygmalion
My weekly article for UnstressedSyllables.com is up, and it’s all about figuring out the Ideal Reader for your story: who she is, why she is, and how she’s absolutely vital to your writing process. Also, a brief discourse on the pitfalls of writing outside the home. Come and see!
Witch Doctors, Jesus Christ, and the Harlem Globetrotters
Hile, you lovely people! With no more preamble than what you’re reading RIGHT THIS INSTANT, here’s a quick run-down of Courtney’s Recent Life (includes painting, witch doctors, and the Harlem Globetrotters)….
The one where I’m Sigourney Weaver. No, really.
As I mentioned last week, my brain is rather thoroughly occupied with keeping the small human alive and healthy and content (actually, I used the word “happy,” but I think I really meant “content,” and no, I don’t think the two are interchangeable, but that’s another story and shall be told another time), so The …
Frying Up Some Mock Turtle, and Other Shenanigans
Here’s why I haven’t been writing lately. And here’s what I’ve written lately. Don’t worry if this elicits some cognitive dissonance; they tell me that chocolate cures it.
Don’t Fritz Your Circuits
Today over at UnstressedSyllables.com, I’m talking about why and how to write a short synopsis of your story — all without frying your brain. Yay! Brains, sunny-side up! Come and see! ; )
Should a Novel Have a Prologue?
Today on Unstressed Syllables, whether or not writers should start off their novels with a prologue. I bet you lovely people have some opinions on that…. ; )
Give Us This Week Our Weekly Writing Advice
Today’s post is for all you fabulous writers out there. Ready to dive into penning your novel? Check out my ponderings on how to get a grip on what your story is actually about and how that focus will keep you writing even when — especially when — you get stuck.
5 Things They Don’t Tell You About Being a New Momma
Greetings, my beloved inklings! It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me here. I mean, yeah, I’ve been posting something every week or so, but those recent posts haven’t had a lot of meat to them. I know. What can I say? The reason for my silence is also the originator of this post’s …