I was reading (and enjoying) Betsy Lerner’s THE FOREST FOR THE TREES: An Editor’s Advice to Writers last night, when this jumped out at me:
Almost every book I have ever worked on needed help with the pacing and structure. The challenge of sustaining a certain pace and rhythm throughout an entire book can be staggering, [...]
Archive for February, 2006
Pacing
Posted in Books, Writing on February 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I keep forgetting to mention this
Posted in Books, Publishing on February 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
. . . in this here LJ.
You know how sometimes, if you subscribe to the newspaper, the Sunday edition comes bagged with a free sample of something? Like lotion or fabric softener? Well a couple of Sundays ago our newspaper had a free sample of a book bagged with it. A novel.
Unfortunately for me, it’s [...]
Maybe it’s true
Posted in Editors, Publishing on February 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Whenever I used to hear or read editors explain that one of the reasons it’s so tough to get published is because the competition is so stiff, I would do a lot of eye-rolling, yeah-righting, and make smirky sarcastic faces (a lovely sight, I assure you). I thought they were flattering us aspiring writers. I [...]
1,000 words a day!
Posted in Books, Writing on February 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I cannot believe I’m doing this! But I am and it’s amazing. It’s like I’ve turned into some other writer.
I had often read other writers recommend this as a daily goal, but usually made some sort of “yeah right” sound. You don’t know how slow writing is for me!
Then a good writing friend of mine [...]
AUTHENTICITY
Posted in Books on February 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I finished this wonderful novel by Deirdre Madden last night and wanted to recommend it. I picked it up because rusalkatrix said something like it was her favorite book last year and I can certainly see why.
It’s not children’s lit, by the way—it’s a novel about the lives of visual artists. But deeper than that [...]
Huh. Wouldja look at that?
Posted in Books, Publishing on February 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Did you know that Jeanne Birdsall (THE PENDERWICKS, of course) was once the runner up for the YA WiP grant from the SCBWI?
in 2001
Isn’t that interesting?
No?
Well, I think it is, but I have a low threshold for what’s interesting. Or is it a high threshold? I always get that mixed up.
Oh I had to do this one
Posted in Uncategorized on February 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Saw it on 's
Also–HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Your results:You are James T. Kirk (Captain)
James T. Kirk (Captain)
75%
Will Riker
75%
Worf
60%
Geordi LaForge
60%
Chekov
55%
Mr. Scott
55%
Jean-Luc Picard
55%
Mr. Sulu
55%
Spock
52%
Data
51%
Deanna Troi
50%
Beverly Crusher
35%
An Expendable Character (Redshirt)
35%
Uhura
30%
Leonard McCoy (Bones)
30%
You are often exaggerated and over-the-top in your speech and expressions. You are a romantic [...]
Sporadic LJ girl
Posted in Family, LiveJournal on February 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Somewhere I got the idea that if you have an online journal, you ought to update it almost daily. Maybe because a lot of the blogs I read prior to starting my own did just that. So when I fall off LJ for a few days I feel vaguely guilty.
What in the . . . [...]
