Beautiful People is a linkup hosted by Cait @ Paper Fury and Sky @ Further Up and Further In. It’s aimed at writers so we can answer the questions about our characters and our books. It’s designed to help you get to know your book better! (And also give your followers a sneak peek of your works-in-progresses.) BeautifulContinue reading “Beautiful People May 2016”
Author Archives: Lissa
Camp NaNoWriMo April 2016 – We Have A Winner!
Technically we have a winner. My aim was to finish the novel I started in NaNoWriMo November 2014. I didn’t know how many words I would need to finish it and I wasn’t 100% sure of where it would actually end, but I estimated I might have needed around 20,000 words. I couldn’t change thatContinue reading “Camp NaNoWriMo April 2016 – We Have A Winner!”
Is Perfectionism Holding You Back?
Recently I’ve come to realise that my perfectionism is holding me back when it comes to delivering complete manuscripts. I’m afraid that once I finish it, that’s it. And it’s true, that is it. Except for editing. But you know, it’s always better in my head. So I don’t want to finish. And my excuseContinue reading “Is Perfectionism Holding You Back?”
New Year, New Ambition
I didn’t make a single blog post in 2015. That’s because due to personal reasons I decided to take the entire year off from writing. It was awesome. Instead of feeling guilty for not writing, I simply said, “I’m not writing this year.” It was liberating. I spent lots of time on my otherContinue reading “New Year, New Ambition”
NaNoWriMo Prep in October – The Writing Playlist
Every year I prepare a writing playlist specifically for NaNoWriMo. Sometimes I need absolute silence to write, other times I can do with some tunes to get me in the right frame of mind. I find that film soundtracks work best of all. This year I discovered Spotify. It’s a free web player with aContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Prep in October – The Writing Playlist”
Lissa Bilyk 