by Kristin | May 3, 2021 | Personal Updates, writing updates
This past week has been jam-packed with writing stuff: I joined a Mom writing group on facebook about two weeks ago, and they just happened to be organizing small writing groups, so I joined one. It’s my first time joining a small peer writing group, and...
by Kristin | Mar 2, 2020 | Book Review, Personal Updates
I’ve been asked to read some books by both friends and strangers, but I’ve been careful about which I choose; I won’t accept unless I’m pretty positive that I’ll be able to rate the story 3+ stars. But I’ve run into a issue with...
by Kristin | Apr 7, 2019 | Camp NaNoWriMo, Editing, This Book is a Disaster
If you’ve followed me at all, you know that I love NaNoWriMo: I’ve participated five times and won (wrote 50k+ words) three times. I’ve heard about Camp NaNoWriMo a few times, but never really looked into it. From what I had heard, it was ore for...
by Kristin | Mar 11, 2019 | Book Review, Editing
AT A GLANCE: Genre: Books for Writers, Editing, Reference, Writing Books Length: 292 pages Released: 4/1/2006 Excellent book for teaching yourself to edit your own work. Highly recommended. Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print by Renni...
by Kristin | Jan 29, 2019 | Editing, Publishing Process, This Book is a Disaster, writing lessons, Zombie Love
I don’t find it too difficult to write a first draft of a novel. It’s a fun challenge to explore the story and characters, and the feeling of writing 50k+ words is incredible. If fact, I’ve now written 3 first drafts, but none of my books are...
