Right now, I’m in the throes of rewriting a novel I had originally started back in 2014. Generally, I’m the type of writer who “front loads” rewrites — in other words, I tend to excessively rework outlines and scene beats until the kinks are ironed out. (That’s not to say that I don’t rewrite drafts…
I’ve been so busy this last month that I swear I took a single deep breath and the entirety of June blitzed past. At certain points, I was so eye-wateringly busy that just cleaning the cat boxes constituted a break. So, what exactly was devouring all my time this month? Rewrites. Due to a strange…
I consider myself someone whom Raymond Holt would give a curt but approving head nod to if I showed him my OneNote organization system. So, when my agent asked me to assemble a story bible for The Arkqunots Project, I thought: Pffffft. Give me 20 minutes. Narrator: It was not 20 minutes. At the time,…
Did you know that perfectionism and procrastination are two sides of the same coin? As someone who has spent a solid two decades working to overcome her strong perfectionist impulses, I’ve spent a good chunk of time reading about this silent killer of writing sessions. At its core, procrastination is all about evading discomfort. And…