Tag: Writer’s Studio
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The Romance of the Epistolary Novel
I’ve made a huge dent in The Woman On The Wall this week, finally hitting my flow in the balance between the modern-day timeline and the historic epistolary component. Incorporating the fictitious journals and letters of Francesco Melzi and determining their role in the storytelling process has, to be honest, posed the biggest dilemma for…
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On Writing When You Are “Too Busy”
Tips for how to write more, even when you are “too busy” for writing.
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On How I Broke Down When Writing Feedback Hurt (And Won)
How I turned a breakdown over negative feedback from an editor into an opportunity to grow as a novelist.
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On Why Writing Is So Damn Hard
Writing is so damn hard. While that may come off as me prepping for a whiny diatribe on the travails of the writer’s life, it actually constitutes me launching into a bit of a love poem
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Day 38 – Manuscript Pitching On Twitter
Today, I’m participating in #pitdark hosted by author Jason Huebinger I get to toss out my wee pitch for the novel for more than fifty agents to consider whether they want to request pages or not. Are you on Twitter? I would love it if you would retweet my pitch to show your support.
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Day 36 – Scouting Locations
Nailing down setting for novels is like traveling without leaving your chair. Check out these mystical Ukrainian sites I’ve been considering for my Sibylline project.
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On The Act Of Putting Yourself Out There
Musings on the great writer’s question, “Am I good enough?”
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Tech Tools & Resources For Writers
I’ve been writing for something like twenty-five years and the tech tools for bloggers, novelists, poets, screenwriters, people dabbling in self-expression, and any other way one identifies as a word-centered creative type change faster than any of us can keep up. I can’t stand wasting time fiddling and trying to figure out how to use…
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Day 30 – The Value of Keeping Scenes Simple
Day 28 and 29 got lost somewhere in the morass of trying to set the final scene of The Woman On The Wall. Forty-eight hours of drop-off in writing output had one evil source—me, trying to overcomplicate things. The terrible, beautiful part was all I had to do was look at tools I teach other…
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Argumentative
My 13-year-old is, well, kinda vocal about her position in the world. I’m one of those moms who isn’t going to let general opinionated ways go unchecked. So, when she ventures into argumentative territory, the English teacher in me unleashes to test her skills with a little essay writing 🙂 . I love it when…
Robin Rivers 