Writing


  • Six Sentence Sunday – Cotton Mouth

    I felt awful that I messed up my Six Sunday post last week, so this time I’m double and triple-checking it to make sure it works! I think it has definitely made me paranoid about my posts. As if I wasn’t already! Setup: Suzie just got into her first class at a new school and…


  • Edits, edits, edits

    Been slogging my way through edits today and just finished Chapter 5. I forgot how much stuff happens in that first few chapters! But I think I’ve put in *most* of the major scenes that I wanted. Most of the work that needed to be done was in the first few chapters. In fact, I’ve…


  • Rawr – More Writing!

    Finally shrugged off the writing slump I’ve been in for a bit. This bit that I’ve written certainly isn’t the most thrilling bit of the story, but it’s necessary for the plot to unfold the way I have planned. And it sets up the environment a bit more so that there’s not this foggy block…


  • A Passive-Aggressive Parent

    Updating my word count, though this is more of a two-day update than just today. But still, not too bad! Rewriting some of these sections, I’m really getting an understanding for how simplistic I made them from the beginning. It’s interesting how rewriting this is really giving me more of a sense for how I…


  • Finding a Bloodbath

    I’m honestly not trying to ignore my blogs this week, but my internet has been out since Saturday and it looks like we won’t get it back again until this Saturday. *sigh* Got to love AT&T and their monopoly in our area… But I did manage to get some writing in today over lunch! So…