Rewriting is its own circle of hell. There is every possibility I'm making the novel worse. Right now I'm putting a subplot back in that I had taken out. Perhaps I've found the magic ingredient and the results will be amazing and excellent and everyone will ask for the recipe. Or I've just pitched a …
Author: mapelba
I'm a writer, artist, teacher, mother, wife, daughter, friend, coffee addict... What else? A success, a failure, a mess, a fan, a hater of housework, a lover of dogs, a liberal, an obsessive, and a bunch of other things that probably would never occur to me. I reveal myself in more ways in my writings and art than in any list of adjectives. And whoever you are, I hope most of all that you are a reader.
The Best Paper Fight Ever
The fun was even bigger than the mess.
A Perfect Moment
This evening I was sitting on a stool in the kitchen. On the counter was a The Writer magazine, a picture I was working on, and a glass of wine. The shouts and laughter of my son and husband bounced in from the other room. I coated the picture with finish, took a sip of …
The Writing on the Wall
Well, if one can't sell a novel any other way, make it into art. I've taken a rough draft of a manuscript and shredded it. Soon those little bits will be framed and hanging on the wall. The damn thing will get read one way or another.
Because I’m avoiding ripping out my heart…go figure…
Could be writing...or something else...
Overheard (sort of)
This was not exactly overheard because it was said to me, but I'm describing it that way since I ignored it. A man on standing idly on the sidewalk shouted as I walked by him, "Go home Jew!" Where does one begin with all the things wrong with that?
The Rewrite Chronicles (notice a theme?)
Possible titles--from the not-too-bad to the ridiculous... The Labyrinth House The Promise of Lightning The Labyrinth of Promises The Girl and the Lightning The Girl and the Labyrinth Lightning and Promises ???????????? Errrrr...........what on earth am I thinking? Any of these sound workable to you? Or maybe I should ask if any of these say, …
Badgering–The Fool Edition
It may be April Fool's Day, but this is no joke--you are writing a novel! Yes, that's right. Did you forget? Have you gotten distracted? Have you gone through a list of excuses? Well, no more, you novelist you! I've read recently that there is an evolutionary reason for forgetting. Mother Nature wants you to …
It’s Over!
Just a note to say that NaBloPoMo for March is over and done. Hurray. I'm never doing this again. I did it for three blogs and that's just crazy. CRAZY! But I did it!
The Rewrite Chronicles
Some writers edit as they go and when they reach that last line they say they are done--until their publisher gets ahold of it anyway. Other writers write, go back to the beginning and edit their way through in an orderly fashion. Maybe they do this twice. Or three times. But they have a method …
Marta Pelrine-Bacon 