I’ve got a guest post up on Ronel the Mythmaker‘s blog today about Seeing Yourself in a Book. I’m really very happy with it, but it’s an almost exact rendition of my earlier post, What Diversity in YA Meant to Me (but better, if I do say so myself – if you haven’t read the original, I … More Making Your Characters Real
Have I mentioned how annoyed I am with myself for not properly outlining Spiralling before starting it? It may have come up once or twice. The outline for the Perrinne Legacy was beautiful. Detailed but not too detailed. Had a nice flow, all the plot holes were worked out before I even sat down to … More Fuck-Ups an Outline Could Help Avoid
Christmas is coming next weekend, and I am so excited! Going to my parents for the weekend so the food will be amazing and there will be holiday movies on TV, and I know their place will be decorated like a Christmas wonderland. But there are also going to be a lot of people and I’ll … More Fictional People Make More Sense
Anyone feeling those NaNoWriMo week 2 blues yet? It’s not unusual to use up the initial motivational kick and feel weighed down by all the words left to write. Even if you’re ahead, you might be realizing that the whole draft is going to end up being a hell of a lot longer than 50.000 … More Why Being a Writer is Better than Being a Person
Writing Up My Serotonin 