From the monthly archives: June 2011

Reading: June

By On June 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment

 

Like I said on a previous post, June was more of a reading month to me. Yes, most of the reads were short (novellas or such), but, anyway, I read more than I normally do.

NOTE: this is not a review. I don’t review books that I read. Not here at least. On my 

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Writing time vs. Reading time

By On June 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment

 

 

I came across Nathan Bransford’s post about Writing Time vs. Reading Time … and that got me thinking …

May was a writing month to me … while June was a reading one.

Well, June is not over yet, but I barely wrote–anything new at [...]

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New Adult Fiction

By On June 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

 

That’s what I write!

Well, till a few days ago, I wasn’t sure where my manuscripts fit in this wide publishing world … now I know.

Apparently, in 2009, St. Martins “created” the New Adult category because many adults were reading Young Adults books and they felt like those adults would like a more [...]

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Plotter or pantser?

By On June 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment

 

Since I saw many posts about it this past week, I decided to write my own.

First, for my friends who are not in the writing world, the definition of each:

Plotter–a writer who plots, meaning that, before writing the novel, the writer comes up with an outline of the novel.

Pantser–a writer who [...]

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