Sitemap - 2018 - Woman of Letters

Carefulness and obscurity in fiction

A year in the blogging life

I’m fifteen years into my writing career, and this year I felt all the feelings

Always find going through editorial comments to be a soul-searing experience

Today's THREE DOLLAR CLASSIC is Graham Greene's best novel

THREE DOLLAR CLASSICS

Doodling around, looking for my next project

I admire a tightly-constructed narrative, but I'm not sure they're particularly important

Being a writer is great, if you can afford it

Got my 1600th short story rejection

Saw A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL. It was definitely very English. And very great.

Recently read a trio of novels that weren't appreciated in their time (and also maybe are still not appreciated)

When should I revise something?

They're turning Wordpress into Medium

If you're bored by it, don't write it

I recently read a paper book

Getting sort of tired of all the oppression-based critique of narrative art

The flip side of the heart of longing

Been playing a lot of Borderlands, and Borderlands 2, and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Turned in my revision yesterday. It's a complete rewrite. Feeling trepidation

Callooh Callay

Reflections on finishing an open world game.

Coming down to the wire on revisions

The writinginginginginginginging

How much work is enough?

Revisions revisions revisions revisions

Reading IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE

Revisions continue apace

Revision is very important, but I don’t think it makes books more likely to sell

Frustrated with the way so many authors play it safe when it comes to questions of morality

Thoughts on books I'm currently reading

Writing is going really well

I try not to beat myself up over procrastination

The three things that cause stories to stall out

"Writing for yourself" doesn't mean ignoring all criticism...just most of it

It is a strange thing: this phenomenon of characters getting away from you

Writing is going really well, I feel pleased

Taking a rebuilding day

Monday March 26, 2018

Really feeling excited about reading and writing again

Nothing in my life has been more rewarding than reading books from the canon

I know I love novels, but I'm not sure why

The role of doing nothing

How watching movies has helped my writing

Okay, I got reaaaaaally into Cameron Hawley, then I got into Michael Connelly and Scott Turow too!

Sober for eight yearsssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Cash McCall, by Cameron Hawley