Join me each Friday as I continue to journal about the process of writing a new book. During November and NaNoWriMo I wrote the first draft. I spent Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. and April revising. In May it went to critique partners and then my agent. Each week I share writing tips and the process I go through on the way (hopefully!) to making a sale.
Amy Fellner Dominy, Award-Winning Author of Tween/Teen Novels
Amy Fellner Dominy, Award-Winning Author of Tween/Teen Novels
A Weekly Journal as One Author (Attempts) to Sell a New Novel
May 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Join me each Friday as I continue to journal about the process of writing a new book. During November and NaNoWriMo I wrote the first draft. I spent Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. and April revising. May it goes to critique partners and then my agent. I’ll share writing tips and the process I go through on the way (hopefully!) to making a sale.
Week 29 Recap
Goal: Address Critique Comments
Progress: Nearly done
I hate my critique partners. They know me too well. They know that I have, shall we say, some bad habits as a writer. And they call me on it.
Weekly Journal as one Author (Attempts) to Write a New Novel
May 3, 2013 by 2 Comments
Join me each Friday as I continue to journal about the process of writing a new book. During November and NaNoWriMo I wrote the first draft. Now it’s time to revise and rework. I’ll share my tips and the process I go through on the way (hopefully!) to making a sale.
Week 28 Recap
Goal: Be Patient
Progress: Not much
Hi All! Happy Friday and welcome to the Blog of Frustration. Yeah, I’m in a funk today, so be warned: Crabbiness to follow.
It’s all the WAITING that does it to me.
Weekly Journal as One Author (Attempts) to Write a New Novel
April 12, 2013 by 1 Comment
Join me each Friday as I continue to journal about the process of writing a new book. During November and NaNoWriMo I wrote the first draft. Now it’s time to revise and rework. I’ll share my tips and the process I go through on the way (hopefully!) to making a sale.
Week 25 Recap
Goal: Finish FIFTH Complete Revision
Progress: DONE!!
If you’ve been following along with me, you know it’s been months of work to get to this point. It took not one, not two, not three, not four but FIVE times through this book to figure out the story I wanted to tell.
Weekly Journal as One Writer (Attempts) to Write a New Novel
November 9, 2012 by 7 Comments
Join me each Friday as I continue to journal about the process of writing a new book. Share the ups and downs, witness the progress, learn from the mistakes I make…share your tips and maybe write along with me. My goal is to develop an idea in October, write the first draft during NaNoWriMo in November, and sleep again in December.
Week 6 Recap
Goal: Write more than 15,000 words
Progress: Yes!
Word Count: 15,017
Something old, Something new, Something borrowed…
July 26, 2011 by 1 Comment
This is a saying that usually only comes to mind when you’re thinking of weddings. But it popped into my head as I began the tricky process of brainstorming an idea for my next novel.
Now, I’m not what you’d call an “idea machine.” (Unless a toaster is a machine, because that’s how it works for me. One sliver of a thought goes in, cooks a while and eventually pops back up, usually underdone.) In other words, it’s a slow process for me. Ideas do not find me in the shower or in the car or on a walk. They do not find me period. I have to go hunting them.
Bookstores vs. Online Retailers
May 19, 2011 by 1 Comment
In my deepest, darkest most private thoughts, I’ve been bemoaning the shift from actual books in bookstores to online discount sellers or ebooks. For me, bookstores are hallowed places. It makes me sad to see one after another closing doors, laying off staff, going smaller. But after this past week, I have a new perspective on things.
What changed? My book, OyMG, hit the shelves. As it turned out, more figuratively than literally. About 10 days after launch, one Indy bookstore is sold out and two nearby bookstores have yet to receive their first copies.
And that’s the good news.
Writerly Tip for Tues: A Rare Exercise
March 22, 2011 by 10 Comments
I’m not usually big on writing exercises. For some reason, it never feels “productive” to me because it’s not tied to an actual story I want to tell. I know that’s not the point of doing exercises. But I’m also the girl who goes to yoga class and hates the end part where we just lay there relaxing. Which, of course, is the key to the whole practice: relaxing.
