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It has been entirely too long since I’ve written an update. 2020 was crazy. 2021 has been... busy. In November 2020, I participated in NaNoWriMo again, this time starting a completely new novel: A modern witch fantasy with themes of love, found family, self-love, and environmentalism. It also contains action, spooky graveyards, and cozy romance… Continue reading Imposter Syndrome and the Long Winter
I spent the last few months immersed in writing a new stand-alone fantasy, but I also completely re-wrote my first fantasy book after some helpful suggestions from agents and help from my writing group. I've now gotten several requests for the full manuscript. Yay!
Lately, when finishing a book, I actually read through the acknowledgements. (My husband tells me that no one actually does this except writers, but I digress…) Anyway, I’ve noticed a trend: The female authors – those with kids – all seem to include a paragraph thanking their spouse profusely for watching the kids sometimes so… Continue reading On Writing and Mothering
I've been feeling a little down... okay a lot down since Covid-19 started ravaging the world. My family has been isolated for a little over three weeks, and I thought the biggest upside to that would be that I would get a lot of writing done. But alas, I instead felt my mind zapped and… Continue reading Camp Nanowrimo, and Go!
Just want to share a little update on what I'm doing lately. I have a finished novel, which I just began querying. Because I'm querying, I don't want to say too much, but it is a heroine story that involves magic, adventure, secrets, horses, a wild and dangerous forest, love, libraries, and princes. I recently… Continue reading Update
When I was a little girl, I often found myself lost. I’d climb a tree and open a book and was transported into other worlds, and our own would fade away. I loved it. I wasn’t actively trying to banish the real world, but I couldn’t help it. I’d read for hours until someone found… Continue reading Hyper-Focus: Superpower and Nemesis
I’m working on my third and fourth novel now, and I recently went back and edited my first. Holy wow. My writing had changed so much since I first started taking this fiction writing plunge a year ago. My first drafts are now coming out better than my second and third drafts and even fourth… Continue reading A Little Encouragement
I wrote a children's story about my daughter. It came out of me one day like a flood, as my stories usually do. I was watching my daughter, realizing how much she had grown, and I panicked. She's growing up too fast. All of those memories - what if they disappear? Followed by, remember when… Continue reading That Time I Wrote About My Daughter
Photo by Startup Stock Photos on Pexels.com Just some mostly useless musings about my writing process. I write out a general outline and complete my worldbuilding before I put the story on paper. I know the major plot points before I begin, and I generally know how it is going to end. Sometimes I even… Continue reading Writing Approaches: Chronologically or Skipping Around
Photo by Andrew Neel on Pexels.com In my opinion, the biggest difference between a mediocre fantasy novel and a great fantasy novel, is the world-building. Building your world before you write your novel not only will improve your story, but will save you tons of time and energy in the long run, and help prevent… Continue reading Building A Fantasy World
Liz Highland 