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How to write an author bio. Sort of.
I actually have no idea how to write an author bio, so I trotted over to my book shelves and grabbed books by my favorite authors to see how they did it. There are different approaches. The short and simple is tempting because I can't really screw it up.
From Kelley Armstrong's DIME STORE MAGIC: Kelley Armstrong lives in Ontario, Canada, with her ( Read more... ) -
Writing a sequel is different from writing a first novel
That should be obvious, right? Not to me, apparently. I mean, I knew I'd have to slip in back story and remind readers of the different characters and events that ocurred in the first book - that's not a problem - but I didn't realize I'd have to change my writing process. To be honest, I didn't realize I had a writing process.
I've mentioned before ( Read more... ) -
A sign that I think about my book too much
Driving home yesterday, I got* all excited listening to the radio. There was a commercial for a charity called Fissure House. Fissure House! I listened to it several times to make sure I was hearing it right and it totally sounded like the title of my book. So this morning, I remembered I wanted to look it up. I typed in Fissure House and charity.
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I Cannot Watch Supernatural at the Gym
Trey bought me the first season on DVD for Christmas last year because I kept going on and on about how all my writer friends loved it and how I felt inadequate as a fan of the paranormal because I'd never seen an episode. I tried watching the first episode by myself, but OH MY GOD, it's scary!
Have I mentioned I hate scary movies? Have I? Well, I ( Read more... ) -
For someone who hates math, I sure do love statistics.
Hated stat class in college, though! I should have flunked it. Seriously, with my test grades, my final average might have been 70. I ended up making an A. Either my math skills really are that bad (which is definitely a possibility!) or there was one hell of a curve for that course.
Anyway, I installed Google Analytics on my LiveJournal. Yes, you ( Read more... ) -
Writers Mistakes
I've been researching website designers lately. The best way I know to go about doing this is to visit the sites of my favorite authors and see who they use. I was clicking through Kelley Armstrong's site today. She has so much information there! I thoroughly enjoyed the file she posted on mistakes writers make. It's called Mea Culpa Page: http:// ( Read more... ) -
FREEEEDOOOOM!
Hmm. When I draw out freeeeedoooom, the last part of that is 'doom'. Hope that's not a bad sign!
ANYWAYS, I "finished" my revisions. (Yes, "finished" will forever be in quotation marks.) I think I did a kickass job of them, which totally scares me because what if someone comes back and tells me my revisions suck? Then I'll feel like an idiot for ( Read more... ) -
Sometimes, I think I'm awesome.
But most of the time, I don't. You know those writer doubts all authors have? Yeah. 9 times out of 10, I think every word I write is crap. With revisions, a part of me feels like I need to change every single sentence to make them better. Another part of me knows that's stupid. No one would have wanted to buy the book if it needed THAT much work.
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The Addiction That Is GoodReads. Do you use it? Love it? Hate it?
I’ve only recently started keeping track of the books I read. I signed up at GoodReads in February of 2008. Since then, I’ve rated and reviewed every single book I’ve read. My reviews are by no means professionally written* - they’re really just thoughts to remind me of what I liked or didn’t like - but I absolutely love GoodReads. I love ( Read more... )
