Tag: novels
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Some things to remember when brainstorming
The phrase “back to the drawing board” should not induce panic or stress. Starting a new project is like being released into the wild: you are free, and the world is yours to explore. Your art can go anywhere, limited only by the bounds of your imagination. So why can it be SO DARN INTIMIDATING?…
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Forum Friday: Do you write in sprints or marathons?
What I mean by that is, Do you power-write in quick bursts (say, 300-500 words in an hour) or are you more likely to stake a place in a café or library for the day and work at a slower but steadier pace? I think this is an especially relevant topic as the ~1,700 word-a-day…
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Forum Friday: Unsatisfactory Endings
Has the ending of a book ever just made you wanna scream, cry, destroy sandcastles, or hoard Neapolitan ice cream sandwiches in your room and never come out again? You’ll never get those 7 hours back! Why did you think it was a good idea to read this book? How did it ever end up…
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Petty Man(uscript) Problems
In the last couple days I’ve been converting my latest version of a WIP to manuscript format. A simple task in theory. I mean, I already wrote the book– drafted and added to and cut and changed and edited and critiqued and revised and revised and revised (and did I say revised?) it– how hard…
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Writers: Are we all a bit mad?
I remember the ill-slept, thrilling and simultaneously stomach-turning first morning of Assistant Language Teacher orientation in Japan. It was then a lovely English girl asked the breakfast table, “Are we all a bit mad?” No one had slept well. But it wasn’t just jet lag. I can’t tell you how ridiculously torturous that first night…
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Looking for a Literary Agent: 3 Starter Resources
So you’ve written a book. (If you haven’t yet, go back a few spaces: agents rarely consider queries for unfinished, debut novels!) What next? You begin the search for an agent, of course! First, before you start the search, I highly recommend reading this Writer Beware: Agent Advisories and Tips from SFWA. It’s a comprehensive…
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Forum Friday: If you could be ANY fictional character…
Today’s Forum Friday is for fun: if you could be any fictional character, who would you be and why? Some considerations: Lord Henry Wotton Harry Potter Artemis Fowl Dorian Gray Holden Caulfield Katniss Everdeen David Rice Elizabeth Bennet Hermione Granger James Bond Open to all genres, literary and non. Chime in, and let’s…
Julie Israel 