2015 is ending on a pretty good note. I finished my first draft of Powerful, and I'm halfway through with the edits for the next draft. I'm happy with the progress I'm making on my writing. 2016 will hopefully be a big year for me. I'm registered to attend LTUE again in February. Last… Continue reading A New Year
Author: alliemay
Books and Stuff
I've spent the majority of the past few days reading. The Dragon and the Scholar series by H. L. Burke is a series I have been dying to read for over a year now, and I'm so excited to finally have my hands on the books. If you want to check out my reviews,… Continue reading Books and Stuff
Merry Christmas!
This week has been crazy busy for me! Family came to visit and their flight home got delayed after a whiteout snowstorm, we had a wedding, and now it's Christmas! Whoo! I haven't done any writing recently, but I figured I'd share a bit about what I got for Christmas. What I received-The… Continue reading Merry Christmas!
Free Write #7
Recently, I've been wrapped up in major edits for Powerful. I printed out my first draft of the manuscript and I'm going through it on paper with my pink highlighter (for things that that need to be changed) and my yellow highlighter (for things I like and want to keep) while I'm penning comments… Continue reading Free Write #7
Titles
Over the past week, I've been brainstorming book titles with some of my writer friends. For me, Powerful came easy. The title was there before I even started writing. But for other books, it's taken quite a bit of time to name. I always give my books a temporary working title, but coming up with… Continue reading Titles
Characters
Why do we like certain characters? What makes us feel like we understand and relate to certain characters more than others? How do we as writers create characters that readers will like? Character development is arguably the most important part of a novel, tied with plot development. It's so important because of… Continue reading Characters
My Year in Books
This past year I've read a lot of books. To be fair, the majority of the books were books I've read before, but I thought it would be fun to share what I've read. These are in no particular order because I don't actually remember when I read all of these. My… Continue reading My Year in Books
The First Draft
The first draft of a novel is a huge deal. It's a major accomplishment for any writer to achieve. You spend hours and hours plotting and planning and staring at the computer screen in a crazed caffeine induced state. And writing that last sentence is when all your hard work pays off and you're… Continue reading The First Draft
Famous First Lines
The hardest part about writing a book is always the first chapter. We write it over and over again because there's far too much pressure on a single sentence to capture attention, and a couple thousand words to do too many things. It's the readers' first impression of a story, and first impressions are… Continue reading Famous First Lines
NaNoWriMo 2015 Week 2.5
I was supposed to post some inspiration today as it is midway through the week but I have something far more important to share. I finished Powerful. That's right. I finally finished. The idea came to me September 2014. I wrote the first first chapter the day I got the idea. And I… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2015 Week 2.5