Sailing

It’s been awhile since I’ve reported on my own writing, but that’s not (completely) because I haven’t done any. I hadn’t had enough time to prep in October due to a deep revision on Domino’s Game, and didn’t have a good grip on the voice of the story going into NaNo. Then when my mom…

Last night I finished reading through the first draft copy of False Perceptions and discovered that the timeline problem that I thought existed had been mostly fixed by the end of the first draft. I don’t remember paying attention to that back in March, but apparently I did. So that’s a relief. It doesn’t, of…

Based on what I’m learning in the Think Sideways class, I’ve stopped writing Tempest. Why, you may ask… Well, I can see that the outline needs some help, and there doesn’t seem to be any point in waiting until I revise this novel to address the issues I’m starting to see. I’m about a third…

I’m finally getting my brain wrapped around revising Marks of Repentance. It helps that these chapters are amongst my favorites. You wouldn’t believe how many *was* I’ve squashed, though. And *this*. And prepositional phrases. I think the things breed when I’m not looking. Onward ho. One quarter done this pass!

I’ve seen a few bloggers lately wonder why they’re blogging, what they have to add to the blogosphere that is worth saying. Everyone’s voice is unique, and while they aren’t all to my taste, that doesn’t mean their words are unworthy. I was on Blogger for over four years, and had a private blog site…

By that I mean, a writing conference is overwhelming. Last weekend I gathered with nearly 700 other writers for my third ACFW Conference. This year’s venue was the Hyatt at the Arch in St Louis, Missouri, a mere ‘block’ away from the Mississippi River. Something I learned from my first conference is that it’s worth…