In my last post, I talked about the next steps after finishing a rough draft. In this post, I'm discussing the steps following that. Once I get done making an outline of what I've already written, I start making changes based on my notes. I call it red-lettering because I use red in my outline …
What’s next?
I get asked all the time, "I wrote a book. What do I do next?" The very first thing I ask is, "Is the story finished? Have you written The End yet? Or are you still writing?" I usually get the answer that they're still writing. So my first bit of 'What's next' advice is …
Recharging
For a few weeks now, I've been stalled at the same place in my writing. I'm only 4 or 5 scenes away from being finished with the rough draft. I know what's next. I know what I want to write. I even know how I'm going to write it. I just can't seem to pull …
Review
Sly as a Fox by Wendy L. Koenig is the second novel in the Sylvia Wilson Mystery series. The first novel, On the Sly, was reviewed about a year ago by another person who write for the blog, Curt Remarks, and he provided Ms. Koenig with great praise. I did not get to that book, but I just …

