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I am now an outliner. I will preach to the mountaintops how much having an outline has helped me with my book, it’s made everything clearer. For me, pantsing had me in a fog, and I couldn’t see ahead and figure out how to get my characters through a certain situation. But now, since I [...] So on this post I mentioned that my word count was zero. Nada. Zilch. And now my friends my word count is…drumroll please…20,292 words! I am stocked, excited, downright giddy at the progress I’ve made in a month’s time. Actually, less than a month’s time, because I’ve been sick for two weeks, and didn’t get [...] Word Count: 0 Don’t worry about that number, to your left—just because I haven’t officially started over yet, doesn’t mean I’m not working on it.The first thing I did when I began to re-write this novel is to do an extensive character sketch on any new characters I added. I’m done with that and now. [...] Stay tuned tomorrow where I’ll be interviewing the lovely Kelly O’Connor McNees and discussing her book, The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott. If you love Little Women you don’t want to miss this interview.
I’m starting over. My book. I’m trashing the entire thing and starting over. I write that twice, because [...] My mama has been sick these past couple of days and now she’s in the hospital. Her spirits are good, mainly because the hospital is like staying in a four-star hotel. So I brought my laptop, (of course) and while she naps I’ve been getting some writing done. The book is shaping up nicely, I [...] Most of a writer’s job is learning how to wait. Writing the book—at least for me—is the easy part. It’s the constant waiting, that’s hard. (And the marketing and publicity too, but we’ll tackle that another day…) We have to wait until we hear if our book is sold, we have to wait until the [...] I think every writer goes through a period where they just aren’t happy writing. When writing down the words can be likened to a Korean torture chamber. I’ve been having those days more often than I would like and I have to ask myself why? Why isn’t writing as fun as it used to be? [...] Okay, I know I’ve been absent for a few days. The daughter has been sick with a bad stomach virus that I’m praying that I don’t catch. She’s on the mend so I’m back on the blog. And what news to share! The wonderful Sarah Pekkanen will be stopping by the blog on Monday! Her [...] So many of you who follow me on Twitter (@katrinasspencer) know that the progress on my revisions took a wicked turn last week when my first reader gave me a big thumbs down on the first 100 pages of my book. “It’s a snooze fest. I love the prologue but after that, I want [...] Welcome 2011! So hmm, what’s new? Well, I am feeling very encouraged with my book. I’m happy to say I’m back on track. After getting tons of research material and interviewing an expert, (more on that later this week) I feel that I’m shaping this novel into something—dare I say it?—great. There. It’s out there. [...] |
I’m a Women’s Fiction writer with two novels under my belt, Six O’clock and Unbeweaveable. Curl Up and Write is where I fuse my two loves: hair and writing. You’d be surprised at the similarities! When I’m not writing, I’m watching How’s It Made with my Hubby (and pretending I’m not interested in learning how a tennis racket is built), or I’m reading to my daughter. I also dabble in gardening, love to cook, and watch way too much HGTV.  |
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