Whew, it's been 10 weeks. Seems like 10 years, LOL. Only 3 more weeks to go in the Challenge. Although it's August, I'm still on Act 2 scenes, which is okay. I don't know if I'll make my personal goal of 60K words, but since I broke the 40K barrier, I'm definitely going to make the challenge goal of 45K words, and I can't feel too shabby about that. I'm writing scenes out of order right now, and I'm finding that I have a mess on my hands. One of my goals this week is to step back and see … [Read more...]
Writing Music
August 7, 2009 Leave a Comment
I'm the kind of writer who must have noise in the background. Writing in absolute silence is creepy. So I must have some kind of noise---whether it's the sound of a bookstore or a cafe or music. I can't listen to music with lyrics though. I find them distracting for some reason. Unless I'm revising---it doesn't seem to matter. Here's my current writing music that I've been listening to for the Summer Challenge---with my favorite star tracks I sometimes put on repeat. Daft by Art of … [Read more...]
What A Difference A Cover Makes
August 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
Publisher's Weekly broke the news the Bloomsbury has decided to change the cover for Justine Larbalestier's novel, Liar. Based on my previous post, Judging a Book By Its Cover, it's interesting that Bloomsbury invested money to change this book jacket and not keep the "whitewashed" cover. I must say that I'm surprised that they chose to go with a similar cover. I thought that they would just go with maybe an abstract cover without a cover model. Will this cover satisfy everyone? … [Read more...]
Scene Spark #10
August 5, 2009 Leave a Comment
Your protagonist is being chased. Questions to ask about this scene spark: *Is your protagonist in danger? *Can your protagonist get away? *What is the reason that your protagonist is being chased? … [Read more...]
