When to Retool
I’ve been having difficulty getting back to my Motes novel since I finished up moderating the MidSummer Madness II novel outlining workshop. I sat down and wrote a few thousand words and stopped at a point where I encountered negative enthusiasm.
Now rewriting is something I don’t enjoy. In fact, it’s a real grind, but if [...]
Midsummer Madness II comes to an end.
The novel writing workshop I moderated at Liberty Hall Writers Group is coming to an end this weekend. It was a forty-two day marathon. We started with about eight participants and ended with four, counting me. The workshop is really centered around planning a novel.
The other three participants are discovery writers, known in the group [...]
Midsummer Madness II - Halfway there!
I started the Midsummer Madness II Workshop at Liberty Hall on July 5th. Now it’s July 26th. Time flies. Especially with one of the participants where their novel takes place in another dimension where Mr. Time (a former working name) lives.
What have we gone through? We’ve worked on novel concepts with 20 paragraph summaries. We’ve [...]
Map for LH Midsummer Madness II novel outline
I like to do maps, so I decided to share this one I did as a guide to creating the journey for the main character, a 16 or 17 year old girl who’s given the greatest power in her world, but lacks the means to use it and is pursued by those who would kill [...]
Midsummer Madness II @ Liberty Hall Writers
I’ve done a lot of posting and have done a lot of challenges at Liberty Hall Writers Group. In order to give back a bit, I volunteered to conduct a workshop on novel planning. Note that I didn’t say novel writing. I would consider myself competent on novel planning having done two last year. Writing? [...]
Finding a Market
So I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately, especially after 6 rejections for Panix. I thought it was a pretty good query letter, but I don’t think the concept is thrilling agents. I know, I know my writing is still evolving, but I do want to sell a novel. I remember speaking with James [...]
Herding my cats along
Somehow the four novels I currently have in WIP or finished form are running around in different directions. I find it necessary to herd these all together, but it’s somewhat like herding cats. They are all different and have different needs and are leading me in different directions. So I must set priorities. Still, I’ve [...]
June: Subs & Queries
So far since I started to submit again and sent out nine queries for Panix, I’ve gotten back two story rejections from big markets and two form query rejections. Nathan Bransford actually sent me two form query rejections in two days after I emailed them out. That’s fast turnaround time.
I’ve got about five short story [...]
Novel Progress
I’m getting antsy to write my thriller novel. I did a little character building today. Research is going to have to be done on this one. I imagine I’ll be using Google earth instead of a taking trips to sites. I hope Google view is still up and running when I need to look at [...]
