WIP Report for March 2013
In case you didn’t see the new weekly lineup, we’re trying to keep things fresh here at NAF. Another area of improvement is adding a little more personality to our monthly reports. We have some really exciting news this month, so read on and share your thoughts! Avily Jerome: Biggest encouragement is I’m doing a […]
Busy Writer Says Hi
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted here. Sorry about that. Consider it my way of nudging you to spend less time on the internet and more time reading fiction and writing. That’s all I’m doing, really… well, that and podcasting, and marathon watching Breaking Bad until I’m through Season Four and think no other show […]
Interview with Author and Cover Artist, Cory Clubb of Go Bold Designs
I had this grandiose idea to interview some of the authors I met at Ted Dekker’s Ragged Edge conference a few years ago, and, well, Cory is really the only one I’ve kept in contact with. It’s a short interview, but here it is, complete with some of my favorite covers Cory has done. Cory’s […]
Spinning My Wheels into 2013
A couple different sources are motivating me through a tough time in my edits. I’m halfway through Draft 5, and have seen my weekly progress slip from almost 5% to 2%/per week over the past month. I’ve had doubts about whether I, an English/Philosophy/Theology student, should be writing Science Fiction. I paid for an edit, […]
Writing Science I Don’t Know
The last week of editing has been as though I’m trudging backwards up a muddy hill with birds pooing on the back of my neck. How about you? Aside from being sick, I’m really hoping that the science I’m using in my book can stand on its own two feet. If it can’t, no amount […]
Quick Hits 12/11/12
This Saturday was my first instructor’s class for Farrell’s Extreme Bodyshaping, and I’m still so sore it hurts to laugh or cough. In light of the fun I had punching and kicking, here are some quick hits with what’s going on in my life. Hopefully, I won’t hurt myself. I’m now a book reviewer for […]
Scene Rewrites and More NFL Spoilers
I’ve got another short post this week. I’m a little deflated after my NFL team’s score was spoiled for the second week in a row. The work day was profitable, getting over a thousand words written on my novel. I’ve noticed a strange habit, and I’m not so sure what I feel about it, but […]
Living with 1% a Day
I’ve written posts about editing my novel after C.L. Dyck’s substantive edit, from “Kickbox Editing” to “Gameday Editing” and “Learning to Write Dialogue that Shows.” I received my novel back September 14 and in 73 days, I’ve progressed 34% (but also added 20k words to make it 92k words currently). Despite the new words, it’s […]
