I'm thinking: 'To be, or not to be, that is the question!' This famous quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet (Act II, Scene1 - see the full scene in the link!), comes to mind as I ponder whether or not attempt to swim the tumultuous waters of traditional publishing or make a raft and adventure the unpredictable… Continue reading To Agent? To Traditional Pub? To Self-Pub? Are These The Questions?
All I Want To Do Is Write – A Map
There's a part of me who's always writing. She's paying attention to Everything. She's reading words around her and they are zipping into her brain and calling out, pulling up, herding and weaving these words into collections...or sentences. If I read anything, I immediately start writing a response in my mind. Could be a question.… Continue reading All I Want To Do Is Write – A Map
I Wrote A New Novel
So this happened: Working title 'Beks Lauer'. It will change. !!! If you’re wondering where I’ve been. (Ha!) I’ve been writing. And writing and writing and writing. This time last year, I was also writing and writing and writing for National Novel Writing Month. I wrote the first draft of the novel I’m referring to… Continue reading I Wrote A New Novel
You Know You’re a Reader When
You have books around your house. Like, in every room. One tossed on a coffee table. A few in a stack on the dining room table that you have to move each time you set the table for a meal. There's the stack(s) by your bed, the stacks on the floor that you need to… Continue reading You Know You’re a Reader When
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