Sitemap - 2018 - Woman of Letters
Carefulness and obscurity in fiction
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
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.
When should I revise something?
They're turning Wordpress into Medium
If you're bored by it, don't write it
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
Reflections on finishing an open world game.
Coming down to the wire on revisions
The writinginginginginginginging
Revisions revisions revisions revisions
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
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
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
How watching movies has helped my writing
Okay, I got reaaaaaally into Cameron Hawley, then I got into Michael Connelly and Scott Turow too!