Tag Archive | first draft

Birth of a Book: Week 2 #amwriting

Romance Weekly Blog Hop #lovewritechat

By The Owl Lady January 27, 2015 Leave a comment

Originally posted on A Writer's Life For Me.:
It’s Romance Weekly time! Welcome to all those joining me from the awesome Dani Jace’s blog, author of White Doe. This week’s question came from Sarah Hegger and was about opening lines: A great opening line draws the reader in, makes them want to know more…

The Benefits of Writing a Terrible First Novel

By The Owl Lady January 11, 2015 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Words of Margaux:
? As some of you may know, I recently completed a novel for the first time. After two failed attempts to complete manuscripts before, just the fact that I wrote “The End” was an accomplishment to me. I took some time away from the book in attempt to return…

Familiar Blunders When Writing a Novel – revisited

By The Owl Lady November 10, 2014 Leave a comment

October 2014 Round-Up and November 2014 Plan

By The Owl Lady November 3, 2014 Leave a comment

Originally posted on A Writer's Life For Me.:
October was certainly an interesting month. I spent most of it trying to figure out my new schedule of less social media and more writing. I did OK to start with, but then I found my hours creeping up again on social media. I am certainly…

The Matriarch III: First Draft Begins November 1st #amwriting

By The Owl Lady October 30, 2014 Leave a comment

Originally posted on ThinkingSkull.com:
The Matriarch III (working title) Wary of a future misunderstanding, Janiss Connelly pays a surprise visit to an immortal residing in the state capital of West Virginia. The Charleston vampire isn’t amused, a slight that puts the residents and staff of Cedarcrest Sanctum at risk when their administrator abruptly goes…

A Great Quote for NanoWrimo

By The Owl Lady October 25, 2014 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Author P.S. Bartlett:
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It’s time!

By The Owl Lady October 24, 2014 Leave a comment

Originally posted on A Writer's Life For Me.:
I find myself at a point in my book that is both thrilling and slightly nerve-wracking. As I’ve said, I’ve had this series in my mind for a while, and there is one scene particularly that has always been certain and always the same. I have…

“Coal miners don’t get coal miners’ block” John Green’s Dad — Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)

By The Owl Lady September 28, 2014 Leave a comment

Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
I delete about 90% of my first drafts…so it doesn’t really matter much if on a particular day I write beautiful and brilliant prose that will stick in the minds of my readers forever, because there’s a 90% chance I’m just gonna delete whatever I write anyway. I find…

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