Monthly Archives: June, 2013
Keeping a Novel Diary
I think keeping a diary as you write a novel can be a really good thing for your next book. I’m working on my rough draft and struggling a bit right now. I started wondering today, is this how I always feel when I’m writing a rough draft? And then I remembered, I took notes …
Fairy Tale Inspired Short Story: Blueberry Eyes by Dorlana Vann
Blueberry Eyes by Dorlana Vann Her long auburn hair kept slipping from its desired position of behind her to in her face and into her cooking pot. When she finally had enough of pushing it back, she left her concoction to go pull it up. She frowned at the vague remembrance of herself as a …
Sci-fi Book Idea I’ll Never Use
I have an idea for a sci-fi setting but since I don’t write sci-fi or read much sci-fi (ok, well I did love The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), most likely never will, and this idea might even be a book already (which after thinking about, I did find a similarity to another book – …
Book 1 vs. Book 2: The Tortoise and the Hare
When my idea for my contemporary romance punched me in the face, I was actually in the middle of working on another rough draft. I figured I could work on both books, and did for a while, until the romance demanded all of my attention. Since this book wasn’t planned, like NaNoWriMo books usually are: …
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