August 2016

Journaling: Messiness Encouraged

This is my current journal. It’s a little over half full right now. I’ve noticed something: whenever I’m most scared about writing my novel, I automatically start prewriting in my journal. I may only jot an idea, a quote, or even a few lines of dialog. But it’s so much easier to start there, where noContinue reading “Journaling: Messiness Encouraged”

The Novel That Wouldn’t Die…Or Live!

So you’re sitting in your hair stylist’s chair, revising your WIP. You look at your words, laugh, and almost warn her not to read over your shoulder if she’s easily offended because it contains adult language. Instead, you’re embarrassed by what you read for an entirely different reason. Let me say that I’ve beenContinue reading “The Novel That Wouldn’t Die…Or Live!”