Category: writers
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On New Blood, Next Books, & Tending the Well (and Self)
Turning in a book is like graduating, or making a purchase you have saved and scraped for, or (this writer imagines) achieving long-schemed revenge: victory followed by a fog of purposelessness. You go from hell-bent, immersed, and productive to…not in the time it takes to send an email. Then, slowly or with evil speed, the…
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#JuniperIRL Scavenger Hunt
Here’s a thing I don’t get to say every day: My first book came out on Tuesday!! To celebrate the release of Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index, today I’m kicking off a Juniper-themed scavenger hunt that anyone can join online, or, if you happen to be in the Portland area, in person! The hunt list (above – prints…
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What happens between selling your (first) book and publication?
Spoiler alert: a lot. Hello, friends! How long has it been? Looks like my last post was in August (and even that, I remember, felt like it took days to put together between other tasks). I credit several reasons for that, but most tie back to: selling your (first) book is work. It’s all…
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First Revision on Deadline – in pictures
Midway through June I posted some anticipated stats for a major revision (which, as you may have guessed, was for my debut novel). This has been my most ambitious revision to date, and was also my first on a deadline. I worked on it every day from the morning I talked through changes with my editor to the day I handed it in…
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(More) Big Book News!!!
Hahaha, you thought I was done shouting last week when I shared this? Well, check out what appeared in Publishers Marketplace this week: Can you tell which part I’m most excited about? (Hint: not the sensible thing, which is that there were actually two books to this deal with a Big Five imprint, but that…
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Projected Revision Stats
Three weeks ago tonight, I received an edit letter outlining all the major (and minor) changes I needed to be thinking about as I revise my YA novel. But what does a traditional track revision look like in terms of work? Well, I’ll give you a hint: it’s more than moving commas around. AHEM *fetches…
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The Ailing Writer’s Burnout Repair Kit
We all burn out sometimes. For creative types, it tends to come with the territory, so knowing how to deal when it happens is an essential part of our self-care. And just how does one deal? Well, there are no hard and fast rules for treatment, but there are many things that help. I suggest…
Julie Israel 