After one year and two weeks, I’ve FINALLY finished the first draft of my novel. *insert appropriate noises connoting excitement and nervousness here* I’ve been editing and polishing as I go – which is one reason I’ve only written the last scene this weekend. It’s 343 pages (96,500 glorious words) but there are around 250… Continue reading Finished the draft! Need a beta!
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Review: Chasing the Sun by Kaki Warner
If you love high-stakes conflicts, wry humor, and compelling characters, you’ll love Chasing the Sun. In the first book of the Blood Rose trilogy, Pieces of Sky, Jack Wilkins is a charming, skirt-chasing young man who’s desperate for two things: Elena (a beautiful woman he grew up with) and freedom from his oldest brother Brady’s… Continue reading Review: Chasing the Sun by Kaki Warner
Agents who go tweet tweet tweet
On Nathan Bransford’s blog the other day, there was an interesting discussion about whether agents should blog and tweet. Apparently some writers think spending time on social networks means agents aren’t doing their real work. It made me wonder whether these writers were complaining about agents on their own blogs and Twitter accounts. If so,… Continue reading Agents who go tweet tweet tweet
Three countries I’d like to set a book in
Our mutual love for travel and books were the two things that brought me and my husband together. We both had literature degrees (I’m an American with a degree in British lit; he’s a Brit with a degree in American lit) and our love of language and adventure led us both to teach English in… Continue reading Three countries I’d like to set a book in
Greatest hits of 2010
When I was in high school, I didn’t play sports. Instead, I met athletes by taking stats for our football team (and our basketball and softball teams, but they were girls so my heart wasn’t really in it). That’s not to say I’m good at figuring out statistics, and since I rarely use math in… Continue reading Greatest hits of 2010