This past week I’ve: Written ~500 words during my daily writing, including two bad haikus and something which might become a post-apocalyptic short story about nail polish. Resumed editing Going Home. I tried reading the chapters out loud to myself as I worked and found it a lot more helpful than I expected. Signed up for the beta of MyWriteClub to see Continue reading Twice Fortnightly: Modest Progress
So, this past week I have: Maintained my inability to keep track of which day of the week it is and blog on the right one (which, by the way, has now been remedied by a recurring reminder in my to-do app) Obsessed endlessly about a nail polish swap I am currently participating in. Written roughly 7k words on my Continue reading Twice Fortlightly: Dropping a Ball
A few days ago I started the last big round of edits of Going Home. I’m only a few chapters in, and I’m really enjoying it. It’s funny, it wasn’t until I got to the point where I was actually able to finish an entire draft that I started enjoying editing. It’s a very different experience to edit and improve an entire Continue reading Back in the sadle!
Now I realized doing Y for Yay and then Z for Zoom might seem to be a bit lazy. But honestly though, hasn’t April just zoomed by? I sure don’t know where it went! And what a month it’s been! A few minutes ago I validated my Camp NaNoWriMo word count (just above 31k), so I am now an official winner Continue reading Zoom! What was that? That was April!
I admire those writers who have outlined the entire histories of the worlds their stories take place in, who can describe every culture present in detail and even had the wildlife and geography of their entire world planned out. I am not one of those writers. I used to think that I would be, but eventually I’ve come to realize Continue reading Worldbuilding – What do I need to Know?
Oh my god, you guys, it’s my first ever blog hop! Exciting! I was tagged by J. C Hart of Just-Cassie.com, whom I got to know during Camp NaNoWriMo in July 2013. I’ll admit I’d been eyeing this blog hop quite lustfully as it’s been hopping around on blogs I follow and was really hoping to get tagged, so I’m Continue reading Blog Hop: The Writing Process
I think that most people who enjoy writing fiction and have made any serious attempt at completing a larger project are familiar with The New Shiny™. For those of you who aren’t familiar, The New Shiny™ is that new idea that glimmers at the periphery of your field of vision, distracting you while you try to complete some other, often Continue reading For Camp NaNo this April, I’m chasing shiny squirrels
Going Home is actually one of my absolute oldest ideas, dating back to when I was 14 (so about 2002). Back then it was supposed to be a YA novel series about a school for spies, which I thought up while reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. About half a dozen metamorphoses later it has changed genre, plot, world, themes, Continue reading Going Home – A dystopian novella about family, memory and identity
The 11th, and second to last, chapter of One Year to a Writing Life is about rewriting. I’ll confess that due to NaNo and the impending release of Going Home, I haven’t managed to put quite as much time into the exercises as I normally do. The chapter featured a quite comprehensive list of things to look at when rewriting and editing (figurative language, Continue reading One Year to a Writing Life – November – Rewriting
When you start a new WordPress blog, a placeholder post is created with the title “Hello World”. Well, that seems to sum up what I want to say right now quite well. Hello, World. This is my blog. Welcome. My name is Emma. I’m a writer. I’m other things too, and if you want to know more about me, you Continue reading Hello, World! It’s Emma calling.