by Rebecca | Jul 22, 2014 | hello, i heart the beach, IRL, pairs well with a hammock, pretty pretty, relax, revising, sharks versus bears, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, Summer of Lost and Found, summertime, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, Uncategorized, why so many tags for such a short and insubstantial post?
How exactly is it July 22nd already? I swear, I was staring out the window at slushy snow just days ago. And now back-to-school ads are popping up . . . But even though this has been a busy summer so far, it’s been busy in delightful ways: I’ve also read...
by Rebecca | Apr 28, 2014 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, audrey and alice, blog touring, busting up rocks, mixing metaphors like I'm making muffins, revising, talking about writing, Uncategorized
My fellow Sourcebooks author Nancy J. Cavanaugh tagged me in this fun blog-hop tour about the writing process. You can check our her post on writing here! And I’m tagging Jessica Love, whose debut PUSH GIRL releases in June, and the very talented Katy Upperman....
by Rebecca | May 28, 2013 | a little rant, Adventures in Bloggysitting, balancing act, confessions, deepthoughts, flexibility, preaching to the choir, revising, twitterpated
This rambling post is one I’d been meaning to write for a while, and then I read Katy Upperman’s fabulous post On Insanity last week,* which made me want to post it even more. One of the hardest things about being a writer is quashing the impulse to...
by Rebecca | Feb 11, 2013 | deepthoughts, flexibility, nerdiness, revising, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, talking about writing, tina fey continues to be perfect
Over the years I’ve gotten to learn a little bit about sketch comedy and improv because my husband is a long-time performer. I’m always amazed when I watch his shows at how the spontaneous collaboration works. Whenever someone onstage gets an idea rolling,...
by Rebecca | Jan 18, 2012 | mixing metaphors like I'm making muffins, nerdiness, overly long posts, revising, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, talking about writing, the classics
This week I’m returning to a sh!tty first draft from a long hiatus. It’s been so long and the draft is so raw that I don’t know whether to call this an extension of drafting, rewriting, or revising. It’ll probably be all three. I get nervous...
by Rebecca | Nov 8, 2011 | mixing metaphors like I'm making muffins, pacing, revising, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, talking about writing, WIP
I know, I know. Synopses are devilish. But hear me out on this one. I always start revisions by reading through my WIP, fighting the urge to make line edits the whole time. (If I let myself start making edits, I would never get through the read. So if something is...
