“What’s new?” I asked my friend, a young(er) writer. “I finished my book!” she said radiating both relief and excitement. “Finished, how? Finished, as in rough draft? Revision? Ready to send to your critique group?” “This is like the eighth … Continue reading
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Some authors love to draft stories but find revision agonizing; others drag their way through getting words on paper but spread their creative wings as they cut and prune and flesh out the story. What is revision, anyway? How is … Continue reading
By Nancy Jane Moore One of the reasons I went to law school was to be able to work for myself. It used to be common for people to come out of law school and hang out a shingle. So … Continue reading
Actually, I do both. I’m almost done with the third Sarah Tolerance book, and already my fingers are itching to retype it. Cue the expression of horror on some faces. Yes, I retype the whole damned thing. This practice probably … Continue reading
At the time Marion was working on The Shadow King, she also did some preliminary sketches for a companion novel, The Reluctant King, which took place roughly at the same time as The World Wreckers. There is some suggestion that … Continue reading