What It’s Like to Traditionally Publish a Book (Part 1)

Thoughts on the publishing process, 1 year out Last year I announced that I had finally, finally sold a book! So I thought I’d do a quick post documenting how it’s been going so far…

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What Happens After You Get a Literary Agent

Earlier this year, I announced that I’d finally gotten a literary agent, and since then people have been asking me how things are going. The answer is …

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Writers: On How To Organize Yourself When Revising

If you’ve ever revised your writing, you know how overwhelming it can seem…

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Writers: How Do You Track Your Progress?

After years of trying out several different ways to track my writing progress, I think I’ve finally found the one that works best for me…

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How To Edit Your Novel (In Sixteen Steps)

The best way to learn how to do something properly is to do it wrong dozens of times until you figure it out … right?

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Writers: On (Temporary) Mid-Draft Abandonment

Do you abandon your writing projects?

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On NaNoWriMo Learnings

I mentioned before how I attempted to NaNo for the first time ever this year, and…

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Getting Back Into Writing

If you’re anything like me, December is a particularly challenging time of year to maintain steady writing habits. I refer to this period as “Novel Interruptus” and I’ve long since stopped trying to fight it/feel guilty for it. After all, the reason writing gets interrupted is because I’m busy doing one of the things I said I’d […]

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Improve Your Writing: On Dialogue Tags

Just time for a quick writing lesson today…

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Improve Your Writing: Kill Your Darlings

It’s advice you hear over and over and over again…

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