In some other universe somewhere, some other version of me blogs all the time. She blogs about the writing she’s doing every day, how hopeless it feels, where her motivation comes from, what’s hardest today, how she keeps her spirits up when the end feels so far away, what it’s like for those who support… Read more »
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On Writing Jane, Unlimited: Please Don’t Choose Your Own Adventure
Before I start, a couple of important things: There’s a documentary airing on Monday on PBS called Unrest, about MECFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). I hope you’ll watch it and pass the word on. Official blurb: “Jennifer Brea is working on her PhD at Harvard and about to marry the love of her life when… Read more »
On Writing Jane, Unlimited: Webs Versus Lines
Now that I’m home from my tour, the mad rush is behind me, which means that now and then, I have little pockets of time for blogging. When I can, I’d like to fill some of those pockets with blog posts about what it was like to write Jane, Unlimited. This is a weird little… Read more »
What I’ve Been Up To Lately
I know I have a book coming out on September 19 (which you can pre-order at Powell’s, Amazon, B&N, or your local independent bookstore, *cough*), and that’s supposed to be the only thing I’m thinking about. But the truth is that I’m mostly thinking about another book: the one I’ve written 330 pages of so… Read more »
Kevin Hikes Off and I Write
At my beautiful writing cabin in Talkeetna, Alaska, overlooking the mountains of Denali National Park, I took pictures…. It’s raining in the moutains… See the face? I took this one at sunset, around 10:30pm…. While Kevin, preparing for his solo hiking trip, counted calories in chocolate, pasta, jerky, etc. to make sure he was bringing… Read more »
Pictures and Reflections
Here’s how it looks outside the windows today… I left the endless rain of Northern California and came home to the snow of Eastern Massachusetts :o). Weather is so good for writing. I wrote two and a half pages this morning while curled up in blankets and watching the snow fall. (I consider two pages… Read more »
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It’s ALA Midwinter weekend and I’m eagerly awaiting a call from the Unreliable Blogger Award committee. Maybe you guys lost my number? So, it’s well past the point of apologies here on the blog, but I am sorry I’ve been so absent, I’ve missed blogging, and in fact, one of my New Year’s resolutions is… Read more »
Discouraged writers, join hands and repeat after me: BOOKS ARE JUNK
Today I took my plan for the revision I just finished down from the wall and put the plan for the book I’m drafting back up on the wall. I moved all the books, papers, and notebooks for the finished revision off of my desk and piled all the stuff for the new book in… Read more »
On Writing: The more complicated and unusual the book, the more the little things matter.
The book I’m revising right now has an unusual structure and an unusual narrative voice. For the reader who isn’t looking for a puzzle or a job, it has the potential to be a bit offputting. My job is to help that reader wherever I can. I want that reader to feel grounded, pulled in,… Read more »
Thursday Randutiae
Okay, I should never have said that thing about how the next thing I blog is going to be the girl superhero post. All it’s doing is preventing me from blogging anything at all. When in fact, I have some mighty complaints, like, for example, why in the name of all that is reasonable is… Read more »
