Ready. Set. WRITE! is a summer accountability series that is hosted by Jaime Morrow, Katy Upperman, Alison Miler, Erin Funk, and Elodie Nowodazkij. We set goals for the summer and check in weekly. Because of the revision cave, I wasn’t able to pre-game today’s post. So, I’m writing this from the confines of the day job desk before I get some revision time in. This,
Happy Friday, Lurkdom! Today marks the first weekend of NaNoWriMo, which means I have no excuse not to rock my word count. While I’m doing that, instead of pondering WWJD, I should think about authors I love and what they would do if stuck with a difficult plot. Or a bout of “I can’t take it anymore” itis*. Stephen King.
So yesterday was Labor Day in the US, which meant somebody wasn’t chained to her computer. (Shocking, I know.) What sucked about that was I couldn’t post my entry for AJ Mullarky’s blogfest right away. But Alicia, you could’ve scheduled it ahead of time.I know, but I’m kinda weird in that I don’t like doing that. What if I changed
Due to last week’s blogging hiatus (not to mention a general case of head-up-the-ass), I didn’t prepare for today’s Friday Fives. Thank god for online book previews. Below you’ll find some of my favorite beginnings*. “Are you still mad?”Alec, leaning against the wall of the elevator, glared across the small space at Jace. “I’m not mad.” – City of Ashes,
It’s Friday and in under six hours I’ll be having a fantastic long weekend. Until then, you’re stuck with me and my five favorite cliches. When the general public thinks cliche, chances are they’ll think a catch phrase. When I think cliche, I think things in writing. Let’s count them down: The dumb blonde and dumb jock. Even though they’re