Moving forward sometimes means taking a step or two back first. Birthing a novel is never easy. I've been working with On The Sly again for a few weeks now. When I first went back to it after the latest ferment, I looked at it as if it was someone else's manuscript that had been …
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I've finished the last rewrite of On The Sly. It's now fermenting again. While I'm working hard to forget what I wrote so I can see it with fresh eyes when I return, I've been working on Wasteland. I wrote the character profile and the character synopsis for all my characters (there are only 5 …
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So, when I laid On The Sly down to ferment, I had a squeaky clean outline. All my notes had been worked through. But you remember what I said fermentation was really about? Me forgetting my story. Clearing my head. Now I'm back at it and my outline has more notes than I've ever seen. …
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Like a fine wine or a busty microbrew, a good novel should ferment. That's what On The Sly is doing right now. I've finished the fourth draft (it takes as many drafts as it takes, sorry), and now it's just sitting there, waiting for me to forget all my little thoughts about it. All my …
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