Archive for the 'Novel Writing' Category
Most of you have been able to remind me of my constant failures (ha!) when you remember to ask “How’s your book going?” What you may not all know is that I finished it. And wrote another one. Here’s something I’ve never shared en masse:
The first novel is the story of a woman who was […]
Writing/Editing Update - Halfway Point
Closed Published by somegosoftly May 8th, 2008 on Some Go SoftlyThrough no small feat I’ve reached the halfway point in my editing. Instead of wild celebration, however, all this means for me is fervor. I’m ready to knock the second half out, in double time. I’m giving myself two weeks, after my company leaves. That is actually presumably quadruple time, but no one is counting. […]
I’m so glad that we all agree that I shouldn’t be expected to make the book “work”. That is surely someone else’s job. Someone that won’t change each little thing and over-analyze, like I have been. I’ve done the hard part. I made some stuff up and put it ‘on paper’. Now to find an […]
The Skinny (On My Book, Not My Butt)
Closed Published by somegosoftly January 14th, 2008 on Some Go SoftlyThe story so far: Last November, I wrote a book. This November, I wrote another book. A much better book. Each of them are just over 50,000 words and were finished within a month. I spent the past year editing the first book. I got to Chapter 4, of 12 chapters. I asked for help. […]
The book totally would have been done by now!! Right…
How To Write A Book
Do absolutely nothing until you can see the whites of your deadline’s eyes.
If you’ve got cowriters, try to disagree as much as possible. If you’re of the same opinion regarding a section of text, bicker about dinner choices.
Criticize what little […]
This seems like a bad idea. Last year, I discovered NaNoWriMo. Then I signed up.
Then I spent a month writing, in between all other events. Here’s that month in case you weren’t with me for it.
Am I crazy enough to do this again? My plan was to be finished with the first one before starting […]
Yes, Mom, there’s a swear on that, but it’s not MY swear, it’s the cartoonists. And he kind of sums up my life nicely. Ironic, isn’t it?
The real irony is that my brother sent that to me. He does, indeed, think I’m a s****y blogger. Slash novelist. Sigh.
Publishing a book is hard. And it’s a big deal. I had no idea where to start once I stopped writing. I really like the idea of publishing the book through a self publishing company rather than dealing with stress submission and rejection. I have talked about iUniverse with David, you’ll even find him […]
If nothing else, this article might shock you. I don’t really want you to leave somegosoftly.com in search of greener pastures, but maybe you should pick up a book once in a while. And no, Harry Potter DOESN’T COUNT. I mean, I’m sitting here working on a book and trying to get it published, but […]
Find the time to click this link, and tab through all the pages on the bottom right. (About 30 or so.) Miranda July does a hilarious job of making me want to read her book. I love it and wish I could think of something half as creative.
Oh, but I need to have a finished […]