Tag: 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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Countdown to Debut – plus, 10 more ARCs of Juniper up for grabs!
How did we get here? In less than two months now, Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index hits bookstores! I hardly know where to begin, but I think I’ll start with some excitement: Goodreads is giving away 10 advance copies of Juniper! If you’re a Goodreads member, you can enter with the click of a button here (where it […]
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Big Book News!!!
Run up the banners! Write it in the skies! Shout your feelings and favorite Hamilton song from the rooftops!!! Today I am thrilled to announce the sale of my debut novel to Kathy Dawson of Kathy Dawson Books, an imprint at Penguin Random House! Here’s the official announcement in Publishers Weekly: Watch this space – […]
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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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What’s in an outline?
Every book I’ve written, I outlined. I am a planner by design (ho ho ho), and yet with each subsequent project I feel my planning process evolves: if not in cleanliness, in utility– perhaps because each time around, I better understand what makes a good story, and that allows me to better shape and reshape the whole thing at […]
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The Last Day of November
I haven’t posted all this month, so I thought it time for a check-in. Writing-wise, I’m excited to be developing a new Agent-approved book idea! I can’t tell you much about it yet (gag rule), but I can say the concept’s a rich playing field for the surreal within the contemporary. Already having fun with […]
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7 Things I’ve Learned About Coming Up With Ideas
Traditionally, I’ve always entered the brainstorm stage with equal parts dread and thrill: thrill because the slate is clean, the world is wide, I can write anything; dread because the page is blank, and so is my head, oh god, why did I choose writing?* Between different drafts of projects this year, I’ve spent a […]
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Active Daydreaming: When do your thoughts fly?
So today I was working out– running and listening to music– with a new book idea in the back of my mind. At some point, I started thinking about that book. I started thinking about the main character and who she was and how she behaves and what’s in her past and these scenes, these […]
Julie Israel 