Friday Feast: Halloween NaNoWriMo Sandwich
I don’t “do” Halloween because I’m too lazy to think of a costume and like to go to bed at 10pm. I’d rather stay home in my pjs, drink wine, and watch The Great British Baking Show. I do “do” NaNoWriMo,…
Category: The Writing Life
In Search of the Elusive Comp
Come closer, child, and I shall tell you why your Uncle Jack gifts you with his storycraft, instead of peddling it to the masses for a fee, and also why he wears these rags and lives in what your father…
Like a Virgin: Second Drafts
The great thing about the first draft is that it can be as stupid as you want. All you have to do is type shit into the keyboard. Then, after 80k words (or, you know, whatever) and one month to…
An Interview with Lauren Groff, Author of Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies elbowed out some of its competition last Wednesday when the National Book Award announced its 2015 finalists, but of any writer I know, I don’t expect such adulation to go to Groff’s head. I first…
Friday Feast: Questions to Ask During “The Call,” Submission Secrets, Book PR Lead Time, Fiction vs. Fact, and Awesome Places Ruined by Popular Books
Happy Friday, folks. Apple picking season is in full effect here at Dead Darlings headquarters in Boston. And much like those daytrippers who peruse the sweet and tangy offerings of bucolic family farms, I’m up to my ears in fantastic bookish…
Why Not to Work on Your Novel
I assume if you are reading this blog, you either have been or currently are in the middle of the long slog that is writing a novel. I am. I’m in year three, and still I don’t see an end….