Almost halfway there, at 35,000 words, and still worried. I just drafted chapter 14 of my novel-in-progress. Fifteen has to take a sharp turn so that’s why I’m stalling. Usually I conceptualize moves that take a couple of chapters to … Continue reading
There are few things more unnerving for a writer than that familiar doubt that erupts in the middle of a project, “Is this total bullshit?” I know you’re supposed to ignore the “shitbird,” as I’ve heard it called, the bird … Continue reading
I just completed the first draft of my first entirely non-genre novel. It’s 78,000 words, and there’s not a single dead body in it. That makes me nervous, even though that was my intention from the start. As I store … Continue reading