Last week I worked on my outline. By laying out a sequence of cards, and forcing myself to work all the way through to the end, I was able to […]
Writing
Scene By Scene
To my great disappointment, I wasn’t able to get to the gun shop last week. We had friends and family in town, threw a fabulous New Years Eve party (if […]
Moving Out Of My Comfort Zone
I have never held a gun. Water pistol? Yes. A very heavy and seemingly life-like prop gun? Check. I even played laser tag once in high school, but the stone […]
Ode To My Husband
Last night I was in the shower and my husband, who knows I’m working on making my protagonist more three dimensional, asked me what the hardest, most life altering moments […]
The Little Things
As I mentioned last week, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about character. In fact, I am thinking about Ms. Talula almost all the time. I feel like […]
Writers Write
The only thing a writer must do, to legitimately call herself a writer, is write. Period. While it is true that the world is full of writers who will never […]
Taking A Moment To Celebrate
I finished my first draft on Tuesday. It weighs in at 247 pages, and I almost can’t believe I did it. When I sat down in August to start this […]