I admit it. I’m an over-writer. I write my way into scenes and all the way back out of them, I write whole chapters that don’t need to be there. My first drafts are ridiculously long. I know this because I throw away more words than I end up with. My first edit starts with cutting off the beginning and…
I like to have music playing when I’m writing. Usually I put on a playlist of my latest faves, but sometimes an album comes along that is the perfect soundtrack…
Finding an agent can be pretty daunting. I went through the process for my last manuscript and after a few knockbacks, was fortunate enough to be picked up by someone I considered to be the rockstar of the literary agent world…
When people ask if they can read my novel, my response is always: “Yes, but only if you promise to be harsh.” Perhaps it’s that I overwrite so much in the first draft, or perhaps that I fall in love with the characters too much…