by PDR-Kellie | Jun 18, 2015 | Novel, Process, Swarm, Writing Life
I set a personal goal for myself this week and so far I’ve been hitting it. The goal: three hours of work per day on rewriting chapters. I use the timer on my phone, and I go hour by hour, and I stop the clock when I take breaks so that I know I’m not counting as work...
by Lauren Carter | May 14, 2015 | Alberta, Contemplations, Novel, Poetry, Process, Short Stories, Writing Life
These days, I’ve been working on my new novel, narrated by a young woman called Melonie Barnett (unless, of course, I decide to change her name). The story grew out of three linked short stories – Empty Nest, which you can read in the latest issue of The...