As a writer you try different things until you find something that works for you. I’ve already decided that I would try writing in the mornings—because I want to make this novel revision a priority in my busy life.
I haven’t done it in earnest yet, my first full week started today. It was rough [...]

As we move towards Thanksgiving, I hope that all of you have a safe and wonderful holiday. That you get to spend times with family and loved ones.
I’m traveling to Athens, the college town where I grew up, and I plan to relax, eat, and revel in the happiness of being with family and friends. [...]

With writing routines, you sort of have to try on different things and see how they work.
I know that I’m a night owl. If I don’t get to sleep by at least 11 pm it can be quite easy for me to get a second wind and stay up until the early morning hours. [...]

When the National Book Award announced the 2009 finalists for Young People’s Literature, one of the books caught my attention.
Lips Touch Three Times had been on my TBR list for awhile. I had seen it in stores but never cracked it open. I knew the author, Laini Taylor, from her trademark pink hair [...]

So the first round of revision is pretty much done for Act 1 scenes. So the first 75 pages have a better shape than they did originally with the draft. But I’m sure once I go through this whole novel for this revision round, there will plenty to go back and revise.
So, here I am [...]