Most writers think it’s procrastination that puts a monkey wrench in their novel progress. But sometimes it can be something a little more subtle: Workcrastination.
I learned about this word from author Tayari Jones on her blog:
“[T]here is another, more sneaky, incarnation– Workscrastination.

This is when you blow off your novel for important stuff that needs doing, [...]

This past weekend, I went to the 2010 Springmingle conference sponsored by the Southern Breeze SCBWI chapter.
On Wednesday, I shared some tips about developing your character. Today, I’m going to share some revision techniques.
For me, I love the revision process more than I do writing the draft. Revision allows me to make my characters deeper [...]

This past weekend, I went to the 2010 Springmingle conference sponsored by the Southern Breeze SCBWI chapter.
Cheryl Klein, senior editor of Arthur A. Levine Books (a Scholastic imprint), led an interesting workshop called “Dimensions of Character.”
I’m a plotter first, which means my character arcs come second after the plot idea. I don’t concentrate on character [...]

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the 2010 Springmingle conference, which was sponsored by the Southern Breeze SCBWI chapter.
I posted live tweets throughout the conference, if you missed any of them, you can go to the Twitter #scbwiatl thread to get the highlights.
The conference was great with wonderful speakers and workshops and [...]