How goes National Novel Writing Month, you ask? Okay. Maybe you have not asked, but it is a question I'm asking myself. I've managed to pick up a cold this weekend, which hasn't helped. (I've taken two covid tests, and both came up negative. And I've checked various websites about symptoms--cold, flu, or covid19? Cold. …
I might have finished my novel, The Book of Astrophilia. I say might...it is hard for me to know when something is finished. I'll rewrite forever. And I haven't had a beta reader or anyone give me feedback, and that is part of the process. So is it finished-FINISHED? Well, I've done what I can …
Who's feeling a bit on the grumpy side? Grumpy, cranky, could-gnaw-on-a-unicorn-horn-if-I-were-evil-and-good-at-finding-unicorns. But I love unicorns! I'm not loving the state of the planet right now though. Who the blue blazes is? Nonetheless, madness aside, a writer has to write. I finished another draft of my manuscript Drowning Karma. I've lost rack of how many drafts …
I'm still working on this novel. I've had some feedback on earlier versions of the manuscript, but now I'm on my own sorting this mess out. One thing I don't like about writing on a computer is having to scroll back forth in the manuscript to find scenes. I want to see several scenes at …
I've decided to break up the manuscript I've been working on. Well, I've been working on several manuscripts, but the one I'm breaking up is the next one up for publication. The story sprawls, and I like it that way. The story is nothing like Harry Potter. Well, okay, the main character is 11 at …
My life is good. I never have enough money, my house needs work, my job requires too much attention, my novel isn't a best seller, and my art needs more of my attention, but I have this incredible luxury of being to make things. I have a desk where I can sit and write or …
Soon, I will have an actual physical copy of my book, The Blue Jar, in my hand. That's going to be amazing and unbelievable. There's the feeling of finishing something. Then there's the feeling of putting that something out into the world. I started this novel as a writing prompt on a Tuesday afternoon in …
One problem about writing about a girl in high school is that I haven't been in high school since 1986. In the manuscript I've been working on, my main character pulls a fire alarm at school. She does so on impulse, in one of those it seemed like a good idea at the time impulses. …
I'm rewriting another manuscript. A few years ago, I thought this manuscript was done. I even gave it to people to read. But the more I thought about it, the more unsure I became. I pulled the story out and started going through it again. Now, I've cut chapters, added one character and deleted another. …
One thing I want to do is make hand made books. I've got no market for handmade books and one book takes a ton of time, so they aren't practical. But they're fun, and I'll probably make more. Years ago, I started a story about two rabbits, Ink and Mirabelle. This weekend, I finished one …
Marta Pelrine-Bacon 