by MK England | Jun 28, 2017 | Drafting, Editing, Writing Process
I have a quick little something to share today that’s been helping me tons with both drafting new projects and revising THE DISASTERS: The “Keep in Mind” List The idea for this came out of two things. First was something I read on Maggie Stiefvater’s tumblr a long...
by MK England | Aug 17, 2016 | Editing, Pitch Wars
Last year (2015) when I was waiting for Pitch Wars mentee selections to be announced, I was chomping at the bit, wanting so badly to get started on a new round of edits. Sure, I did some half-hearted planning for NaNoWriMo to distract myself, but what I really wanted...
by MK England | Jul 27, 2016 | Editing, Pitch Wars, Writing Process
I’ve written about critiquing and revising several times before. There’s a reason for that—in the last two years, I’ve personally had to come to terms with how critiquing works, how it feels, what I should take from it, and what role it plays in an author’s career....
by MK England | May 4, 2016 | Drafting, Editing, Writing Process
Typically when something makes me angry, I’m tempted to immediately fight back with an extremely pissed off torrent of logic that overwhelms my opponent. Just ask my partner. I know it’s not the best reaction, so I’ve worked hard to chill out a bit and take some time...
by MK England | Mar 9, 2016 | Drafting, Editing, Writing Groups, Writing Process
Getting critiqued is hard. There’s really no way around it. When you first start getting hardcore critiqued, it hurts. It took me the better part of a year to grow thick enough skin to really get something useful out of my critiques, and I felt horrible the entire...
by MK England | Dec 4, 2015 | Drafting, Editing, Goals
What. A. Month. #PitchWars agent round. Tons of querying. An R&R request. And, oh yeah… a little thing called NaNoWriMo. This was my first year as an Municipal Liaison for National Novel Writing Month, and it was pretty great. Stressful, busy, but fun and...
