Today I read a fantastic article over at Writer Unboxed called A Singularly Unpopular View of Adverbs by Keith Cronan. In it, Cronan details how some writing preferences have appeared to become rules without fully being comprehended, which sends authors off doing things to their prose they shouldn’t be doing. Here are some great excerpts: We’ve been taughtContinue reading “Writing Rules For Rule Breakers”
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Hey, Look! A New Book!
I’m so awesome at rhyming. The Archive of Lost Dreams and other paranormal tales is now available on Smashwords and, as a bonus, also on Goodreads (where I will shortly be adding the Storm Front short stories as well)! Yaaaaaaaaaaay! Also – there’s another gorgeous cover! Whatever would I do without my wonderful cover artist? IContinue reading “Hey, Look! A New Book!”
Life Changing Events: Why I’ve Been Absent For A Week
And no, I haven’t done any writing. I finished NaNo last Sunday, officially won it at midnight on Wednesday, and I was prepared to do some more words on The Oncoming Storm late last week, but something amazing happened that changed my life. On Thursday my partner was granted his spouse visa to Australia. It’s subsequentlyContinue reading “Life Changing Events: Why I’ve Been Absent For A Week”
NaNoWriMo Day 27: And We Have A Winner!
Word Count: 50,263 That’s right, kittens, I’ve validated my novel! That means I’ve ‘won’ NaNoWriMo for 2011! *throws confetti and glitter, offers everyone fairy cakes and those really yummy pastry triangles filled with spinach and cheese – look out, they’re hot!* While the novel’s not yet finished, I’ve validated it today anyway so that IContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 27: And We Have A Winner!”
NaNoWriMo Day 25: When I Question My Sanity
Word Count Goal: 41,675 Achievement: 46,296 Soundtrack: Nightwish’s orchestral music. Sometimes I wonder about my head. I know I said in a previous post that even though I write graphic, gruesome violence I’m really quite mild-mannered. Well, I’ve been watching the Scream movies with my partner, and it has influenced me a lot. There’s moreContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 25: When I Question My Sanity”
Lissa Bilyk 