Talking about writing with writers is maybe my favorite thing to do? I got connected with a writer who was in Door County this week […]
Writing Update: Query Letter Preview
This past week I’ve mostly been working on preparing materials for my Pitch Wars submission (application opens this Sunday). That’s the query letter, synopsis, and […]
New Ideas
Away from the screens and the podcasts and even the conversation, my brain wakes up unexpectedly. Driving the boat for an hour on a quiet […]
Writing Update: On Break Again
It’s my normal writing update day, but since I shipped my draft off on Saturday I’m taking this week to regroup before I think about […]
Bonus Writing Update: Revision Complete
I finished my “real first draft” of my last night! Uffda. With a glass of wine and some motivation to free up my weekend, I […]
Writing Update: One more week
I think I’ll be done with this revision by Labor Day. I’ve clocked in at 72K words tonight, and I’m anticipating ~8-10K more to wrap […]
Writing Podcast
I’ve been resisting nonfiction audiobooks and blowing through my normal podcasts too fast, so I searched for a new one this weekend and found one […]
Writing Update: Writing The Real First Draft
A week into revisions and 22K through my “real first draft”. All I want to do is write, write, write. I’m feeling grateful to have […]
Google It
An unofficial writing update since I spent most of the day revising. I thought it’d be fun to look back at recent writing-related google searches […]
Writing Update: Before the Break
I did my major writing update on Sunday, but I still wanted to post my last sentences written from this past week. Or through Sunday. […]