You may not be, for whatever foolish reasons you have, following agent Kristin Nelson’s blog. That should change, for she has published the one lesson to rule them all. Read this.
I was speaking with an agent a few weeks back, and we got on the subject of self-publishing. As has been recorded here, my opinion on self-publishing has evolved as self-publishing itself has evolved. I won’t say it’s changed, because that loses the nuance of my progress. The majority of self-published work I read is…
What makes Epic fantasy Epic fantasy and not just traditional, urban, or any other sub-genre is a well-worn conversation. One that I’m kind of bored with, actually. It’s been discussed enough that the informed have come to a general consensus (scope of setting/cast/stakes, etc), the uninformed bumble in that general direction, and the hair splitters…
When I was in college, everyone I knew had seen Mallrats. If I said “fuckis,” I didn’t have to explain what that meant. Unfortunately, the fortune teller scene from Mallrats isn’t on YouTube so if you haven’t seen the movie, I can’t explain it to you. Lately, I’ve needed to improve my fuckis. I’m querying…
Everyone always calls agents the gatekeepers. This is silly. Agents aren’t gatekeepers. Agents’ assistants are gatekeepers. So keep that in mind the next time you think an assistant is beneath you. Okay, really, no one reading my journal right now is a Douchebag McAsshole that would condescend an assistant. But some day I’ll be popular…
I am not in between drafts, but I’ve already started to see the critical weaknesses in the draft I’m writing. Perhaps the most challenging thing for a pantser is that so much of the first draft is spent getting to know your characters and your setting. Sometimes you know them right away. Sometimes it takes…
So do you remember back on April 3rd, when I was complaining about how I hadn’t been writing that much? Well, I hadn’t, and it was frustrating. Work was sucking the creativity out of my brain. I worked late. I worked more when I got home. I worked on weekends. That’s how publishing goes. Like…
Some people are reserved. Some people are not. Some people are in between. Me, I like being the center of attention. I often say I am a misanthrope because if I’m injected into a social situation where I am not the center of attention, I tend to remove myself. But if eyes are on me,…