I’ve been tagged for the Lucky 7 meme by twitter buddy Emilia Quill. Currently I am stressing to the eyeballs about finishing the WIP before Camp NaNoWriMo starts (Ha! Like that’s going to happen) and planning the next two standalone novels. Here’s the seven lines from page 77 of my WIP, starting from line sevenContinue reading “Meme: Lucky Seven”
Tag Archives: Writing process
Style: not just something you’re born with
I try not to give much writing advice on this blog because I only have a lifetime of reading, a four year English degree and two moderate bestsellers to my name. However, there are a few things I want to get off my chest that I’ve come across time and time again not only inContinue reading “Style: not just something you’re born with”
Writing Rules For Rule Breakers
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”
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”
Lissa Bilyk 