So I have a confession to make. I like to write FAST. Yep, I'm a fast drafter. Sit down and type everything in one swift motion. I suppose it goes back to the fact that if I had to choose between walking everywhere or running I would definitely choose running....
November 1st is a big day for those who have signed up for NaNo Writers Month. What is NaNo? It’s where many writers sign up on the NaNo website committing to write at least 50,000 words of a book in a fast draft form. Impressive isn’t it?For the last two years I’ve...
So my biggest issue I'm dealing with right now is finding time to write. I don't have a writing area set up yet, but I do have a room all to myself for my writing. I'm so excited about it! I need to think of a name for the room besides office. Office sounds so bla....
Have you ever done something really odd or crazy because you had to know what it felt like so you could write about it? Well, when I started writing my current WIP, I decided my main character needed to be a black belt in taekwondo. Not only for the book to progress...
So it's true. My husband is one of those closet writers that peeks his head out every once in a while. He's actually a very good writer (okay, so I'm kind of biased), which is actually quite annoying. He whips stuff up in moments and it's good! While I, on the other...
A group of dystopian novelists have come together to create the coolest blog: League of Extraordinary Writers. The five writers include:Beth Revis- Her sci fi, Across the Universe, is coming out in Spring 2011 from Razorbill.Julia Karr- Her title is XVI, about a...
It’s believed you can be considered fluent in a tongue once you dream in that language. That it becomes so much a part of you that it finds its way into your subconscious. Trust me, I’m not fluent in either Indonesian or Korean. (Although sometimes I still mix my...
For the last week I’ve been hanging out a lot with my characters. Eating chocolate and drinking lattes. You know, getting to know them better. Like really know them. It’s hard. I’m tired. Overcaffeinated. Dying for a good, hard run. But right now I’m so into my...
Okay, so that title could really be misinterpreted. But let’s face it. Not many of us sit down and whip out a shining, sparkling first draft. If you’re like me, that first draft is full of stinky, smelly, disgusting stuff. And I’m here to say, don’t bash the garbage....
If you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m a big, big fan of multicultural fiction. Not only do I get to learn about new cultures, civilizations, but I get to ‘travel’ to new places. Very cool.I tend to be bias to Asian fiction, but you can’t blame me after living in Asia...