My wise sister-in-law once said that the weather in Kodiak is an abusive relationship. It’s usually windy and rainy and cold and terrible, but when there’s a sunny day we all lose our minds about how beautiful it is here and keep telling each other that days like these are why we continue to cling […]
Read MoreRevision, Deletions, and Alternate Universes
In this rewrite of my novel, Weaving Winter, I’ve been focusing a lot on paring the story down to what it’s really meant to be.
I’ve cut locations, erased plot lines, even banished some of the faithful characters who had managed to survive previous drafts.
Read MoreAll at Sea: How “Deathsong of the Deep” Only Barely Came to Be
It is my great pleasure to host the wonderful Danielle E. Shipley and celebrate Release Day for her new story “Deathsong of the Deep”!
She writes clever fantasy in worlds inspired by fairy tales and myths. I love her writing, so I’ve already got my copy (I pre-ordered it because I was just that excited), but you can get yours today on Amazon.
Read MoreThe Insecure Writer’s Support Group
It’s a well-known fact that writers are an insecure lot in general.
I have to say that I’m no different. I worry about a nearly endless list of things all the time.
Since writing is such a solitary pursuit, it’s easy to compare myself to others and think that I’m the only one who’s afraid.
Read MoreDeleted Scene
The more times I go over my book, the more little scraps of discarded scenes end up strewn across my hard-drive. Some of them are terrible and never deserve to see the light of day, but others were perfectly good, but just don’t serve my story anymore. Some, I’m even quite fond of.
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