Originally posted at Dead Darlings Most people in my writing circle know that I am a former project manager. “Former” because when you’re a project manager most coworkers think that you are evil, [...]
In celebration of Pride month, I wrote a post about writing gay characters. This is one of those posts I had hanging around for about a year or two because I couldn’t figure out how to say [...]
Originally posted at Dead Darlings. Novel 1 revision is complete (for now). Novel 2 is cooling off in a drawer prior to revision. That leaves Novel 3, which I set aside last fall because I [...]
I’m going through an extraordinary period of rejection right now, for both jobs and writing-related projects. My friend told me, “I suspect you’ve been dancing with the [...]
My latest Dead Darlings blog post is now live: My Novel Incubator instructors loved to tell us to kill our characters. Most of us came into class with drafts bloated with characters who served no [...]
My latest Dead Darlings post is now live. This month, I’m digging into Scrivener, as it pertains to NaNoWriMo: I came to Scrivener the way I come to a lot of things: Oh. Fun. Want. When I [...]
Highlights Novel in Progress is coming along. Hitting my word count goals every day. Finished Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. Highly recommend for reasons I will one day elaborate on [...]
Ending up on a government watchlist for Internet search history. Rattling off nonsense phrases so you don’t forget: Change “milquetoast sequins” to “milquetoast ruffles.” [...]
I block my calendar, flick on my screensaver. There’s a stairway at the back of my building that allows me to escape my coworkers fairly unnoticed. Harvard Square has a number of secret hiding [...]
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