I am official done with grad school – balloons, bio-degradable confetti, and cake all around! Whoo! I’m getting around to reading more, which it’s fantastic – I’ve already done two of those reviews that I’ve been sluggish with. I also (in a weird spat of motivation and creativity) revised Devil’s Blood 3 (now in draft … Continue reading Life Update/Indie Blues (#3?)
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Getting to Know Yourself through Writing
I now have 5 novels under my belt (3 published, 2 in the queue) and I've started to notice common threads that have revealed things I hadn't before noticed about myself. First, I tend to write my MC as a blonde female. It's not a bad thing - it's because I'm blonde. The MC in … Continue reading Getting to Know Yourself through Writing
Words to Avoid
Have I done a post about this? I don't know. I've been revising this weekend, and I was startled at how many times I used the word "just." It's not that "just" doesn't have a place. It does. Just not in every third sentence. It's one of those words that we use in our daily … Continue reading Words to Avoid