I've been this lull, right? The lull after you finish a big project. I've been working on The Witch Queen on and off since 2020, I've been eyeball deep in the Witch Queen series since roughly June or July of 2025, and I've recently finished. I'm currently doing a read-through for typos and awkward phrasings, … Continue reading Trudging through the Lull
Category: Writer’s Woes
The Lull
I have spent the past year eyeball deep in The Witch Queen series, rough drafting, revising, editing, and now I'm doing one final read-through for errors. I'm doing a preliminary line edit, I suppose, before my editor jumps in. I finished Whispers and am currently in the query trenches. Waiting. I do not have a … Continue reading The Lull
Ten Lessons from Ten Years of Writing, Lesson 2: Feedback is a Necessary Evil
Feedback can hurt. Sometimes it will hurt. But you need feedback—especially early on—if you want to grow as a writer. When I was in college, I took workshop classes where we brought in stories and critiqued each other’s work. I remember one specific workshop where several of us gave the same piece of feedback on … Continue reading Ten Lessons from Ten Years of Writing, Lesson 2: Feedback is a Necessary Evil
