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Breaking up with self-imposed obligations

11 April 2014 by Jessica Leave a Comment

You may have noticed, or maybe not, that I haven’t been posting here lately. I wasn’t on vacation or ill or doing anything glamorous or interesting. I was just taking a break. Last time I posted here, I was very busy reading, but I wasn’t doing much writing at the time. I’m sort of in […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: beta readers, characters, drafts, editing, film, reading challenge, scheduling, tips

Mad Grammar Skillz, Editing and Reading Progress, and GO BRONCOS!

31 January 2014 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I found this quiz while I was going through my Feedly and I decided to test myself. I haven’t formally taken grammar since 8th grade, and I wanted to see if my grasp of it was still in as good of shape as I thought. I think 90% right counts as a win. Is that […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: beta readers, bookish tbr pile challenge, characters, colorado, ebook challenge, editing, grammar, reading challenge, reviews

Fiction on the fly: Friday Microfiction

24 January 2014 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I’ve been itching to write, so I worked on a couple character sketches to appease my creative drive. I haven’t gotten far, just a few fragments, really, but this is a little piece of it that’s been kicking around in my head for the past couple days, so I figured I’d share it. Also, since I […]

Filed Under: microfiction Tagged With: characters, fiction, flash fiction

Post-NaNo Week 1: The Transition from Padawan to Jedi Knight

7 November 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

One week down, and I’m pretty pleased with my progress. I’m trying to stick to my own daily word count goal this year, upping the ante by just about 300 words to shoot for 2,000 a day, and so far, so good. It’d be better if I could do 2,500 a day, but I am […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: characters, fiction, horror, nanowrimo, supernatural, write ins

Philosophy of Editing: Thinking it Through

12 September 2013 by Jessica 2 Comments

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it, but I studied philosophy in college, not English or creative writing. Many writers who know already know they want to be writers while they’re in college tend to go for writing-based majors like literature, creative writing, journalism, or whatever you get with an English major. However, philosophy is […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: characters, drafts, editing, fiction, logic, philosophy, plot

Editing: Sometimes You Just Need a Kick in the Ass

22 August 2013 by Jessica 2 Comments

Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been trying to “prepare” myself to jump back into editing on one of the stories I wrote last year. As it turns out, all I needed to do was invite people to read it to get my ass in gear on the editing! The project The new editing project […]

Filed Under: books Tagged With: beta readers, characters, contemporary, drafts, editing, fiction, plot, sci fi, science fiction, thriller

I’m BAAAAACK!

12 July 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Two weeks gone! Holy hell. I had absolutely no intention of having my site inaccessible for nearly two whole weeks, but my stupid domain/hosting transfer took a lot longer than I expected. But it’s (mostly) done now, so now I just have to get back to posting regularly. Though I haven’t been posting on this […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: characters, crowdfunding, editing, indie authors, nanowrimo, plot, publishing, sci fi

And Now to Finish It

24 June 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I think I just figured out the right way to end my current WIP. It’s not going to be pretty, and it’s so far off the original ending in my outline, it’s ridiculous. But it’s going to be good – surprising, poignant, and and ironic (I hope). Why the ending matters You can have a […]

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As the Tour Approaches…

22 May 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

So I took a week or so off earlier this month because I felt overwhelmed by everything I had going on, and then I got hit with a whirlwind of new stuff that took priority over my slacking time off, so I had to get back into it. The Tour I cannot believe the blog […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: blog tour, characters, film, indie authors, quiet on the set, scheduling, writers block

It’s Official: I’m Going on Tour

12 April 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Starting May 27th, I’ll be heading out on the information superhighway to promote Quiet on the Set! I’m super-excited, and a little nervous, but I think it’s going to be a lot of fun. The stops haven’t been announced yet, but I’m looking forward to meeting some new bloggers and readers! I’ve signed up to […]

Filed Under: writing Tagged With: blog tour, characters, contemporary, fiction, nanowrimo, novella, plot, promotion, quiet on the set, setting

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