I finished typing up the third revision to my novel last week. I think it will take at least two more revisions — though not as time consuming as the first three — to get the novel to a point where I can start shopping it around to agents. Revision is such an important part […]
Filed under: Novel, Creative Writing on June 9th, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I haven’t been able to post to my blog much lately, or read and post to others’ blogs as much as I would like, as I’ve been really trying to finish up the 3rd/4th draft of my novel (my day job has kept me extremely busy also). I’m currently in the process of going through […]
Filed under: Novel, Creative Writing on May 28th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
So I’m finally hoping to get back into updating my blog. The holiday season was a little crazy for me. One, I got married. Pretty big deal I guess. Preparations for that consumed most of my time over the month of December, as well as the birth of my first nephew (the day after my […]
Filed under: Historical Fiction, Novel, Fiction, Fantasy, Creative Writing on January 22nd, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Planning to write is as important as planning to go to the gym. If you give yourself a set time to write everyday, you’re more likely to accomplish something. I know writers who can’t write until they feel compelled or inspired to write, but I’ve found in my experience that if you make yourself write […]
Filed under: Novel, Fiction, Creative Writing on August 13th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
If you tell someone you’re writing a novel, one of the first questions most people will ask you is “What’s it about?” Such a tough question to answer, especially when I was writing the first draft. It seems like the author should be able to easily describe what his/her novel is about, but it’s really […]
Filed under: Historical Fiction, Novel, Fiction, Fantasy, Creative Writing on August 2nd, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Storytelling in written form goes back as far as Virgil and Homer and even the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh and Indian narratives such as Ramayana and Mahabharata, though the oral tradition of passing down stories dates far beyond that, before recorded time. Stories enrich our lives and increase our knowledge; they free us from our […]
Filed under: Historical Fiction, Novel, Fiction, Fantasy, Creative Writing on July 30th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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