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A Peek at the Process

In: Editing, Writing on: May 14, 2025

I’m moving to the next phase of writing my novel—revisions—and thought you might like a peek into my process.  As of now, my first draft is finished. All authors do this differently, but my first draft is simply …

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A Different First Draft

In: History, Writing on: January 16, 2025

I’ve written many, many first drafts of novels, most of them “by the seat of my pants.” This means I have a story idea but don’t know exactly how it plays out until I write it. However, I have written a few (very few) first …

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Research Mode

In: Writing on: August 8, 2024

I’m currently researching the possibility of a project so I thought I'd pull back the curtain and let you see a bit of my process. I say possibility because as interesting as the history is, I’m not sure yet if I can make …

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Story Shift

In: Writing on: January 18, 2024

There are two kinds of writers in this world. Well, perhaps three.  Plotters Pantsers Hybrids Plotters plan the story before writing. They know where it’s going and what comes next.  Pantsers are …

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