Being the queen of diversion and procrastination, I love playing with Wordle. They say it’s “beautiful word clouds.” I say word eye candy. The most used words are the most prominent. A snap shot of words. Sort of cool to do with poems or scenes from novels. Here’s my Wordle using text from last week’s posts of the Musings of a Novelista blog: Anyway, check out Wordle and make your own word eye candy. … [Read more...]
I was reading this article on the NY Times about book pirating. Seems like there is an increase of people posting digital books on the web for free---sort of like Napster did with MP3's. I didn't realize that this be could be an issue since books are such a different format from music. But technology is making it easier: Now, with publishers producing more digital editions, it is potentially easier for hackers to copy files. And the growing popularity of electronic reading devices like the … [Read more...]
My current novel progress is going slowly but surely. I actually like revision. I hate the draft part. Facing a blank page is hard for me because I’m the queen of procrastination and a member of the ADHD club. I have all of these ideas and scenes in my head but when it comes down to putting it on the computer screen or paper, I just draw a blank. It’s agonizing sometimes. My current novel is YA with paranormal elements---which do NOT include vampires (I get this a lot---"Are you writing … [Read more...]
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