Hi, everyone! This post will begin a new series here at on the blog–since I’m about to start writing the fourth book in the Chicagoland Vampires series (tentatively titled HARD BITTEN), I thought I’d track the steps in the writing/publishing process to give everyone a sense of how the novel moves from start to finish.[…]
Finally, I’ve hit 50,000 words. Theoretically, that means the manuscript for HEXBOUND is on its downhill slide (word count-wise, not quality-wise), but that doesn’t mean the last 20,000 (or 28.6%) will be easy. HEXBOUND has been fighting me for the entire write. I absolutely love the book, and there are scenes that still surprise me,[…]
Got questions about writing? About research? About publication? On Thursday, March 18 and Thursday, March 25, I’ll be guestblogging over at Literary Escapism. I’ll also be on hiatus around here for the next few days, so use that time to post your questions about any of the above topics in the comments! I’ll take the[…]
Thanks to all of you for the supportive e-mails over the weekend. I met my “marathon” writing goal (30,000 words), and now I’m nudging right up against the halfway mark for completion of HEXBOUND. (FYI, the average mass market YA novel is about 70,000 words.) And a reminder that hard work does have its payoffs[…]