writing
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Writing Childbirth and New Mothers: You’re doing it wrong
Last night my crit group reviewed a chapter I wrote where the MC gave birth and adjusted to new motherhood. I’ve never ever had more polarized opinions of the accuracy of my work. What was fascinating is that when I went home and read over notes they fell into two distinct groups. Parents and Not Read more
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How to own being an author, no matter what stage you are at.
Once upon a time I told a guy I was dating that I wanted to be an author. At the time I was in journalism school and I had already completed three novels, and while I knew I had a ways to go and didn’t dare to presume myself already an author, I knew it Read more
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Fail like a M*F* boss
I finally heard back from an agent who had my manuscript. Rejected. The bottle of Moet and Chandon must wait for another day to be popped. But the truth is, I am kinda relieved. Not because I didn’t want her as an agent I would have loved to have worked with her, but because I Read more
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When you decide you can’t fail
Writers are notoriously pessimistic, and for good reason. It is effing hard to publish a book, no matter which route you take. First you spend months, years, decades even writing a novel, than you edit the hell out of it for more months, years, decades. Then you pick a publishing path and go down it Read more
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An experiment in short storying
I believe I have mentioned I have a hard time writing short stories, which is disapointing because there are so many great opportunities available for short story writers. the least not being some credits to your name. Last night I was reviewing some notes and came across a novel idea I had hastily scrawled out Read more
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Can friends be your beta readers?
You know you can’t rely on your mom and bff to be objective beta readers. You know that your neighbor and your co-worker will not give you reliable feedback (or any most of the time). So should you even bother with giving your manuscript to the friends who request it? What purpose does it serve Read more
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Does your story have a point?
When my five year old tells me a story, so every ten minutes, they usually are structured like this: Character introduction- thing happens- thing happens – character change- plot twist – scene change – character name change – new characters introduced – total change in plot/scene/characters/everything – mommy gets a little impatient and stops listening Read more
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#WQWWC – Change
As change and I are currently shacking up together, I thought I should jump back into the Writers Quote Wednesday Challenge this week after taking some time off. The changes in my life right now are not what I would choose for myself. Not what I would choose for anyone, but I have come to Read more
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Writing through a crisis
I’ve read the stories of many authors, not their books, their personal stories. How they came to be a writer, how they finished their first books, how they got published. A theme has come out through all these stories. My relationship fell apart and for a while I didn’t write My dad got sick and Read more
LC W. Allingham 