As some of you may know, I’m in the midst of totally butchering the first draft I wrote of THE LAST GODDESS. I’ve rewritten about 90% of it from scratch (and hooboy, have I grown as a writer since 2014). Throughout this whole rewrite, I’ve decided to do something insane: have each chapter be utterly…
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…
Okay, it might end up being a love-hate relationship, but still… A special lull exists between when you gently press your writing into someone else’s arms for critique and when they drop off your book like an Amazon delivery guy with a full bladder and no health insurance. During that lull, your mind fires off…