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 | Feb 24, 2016 | Drafting, Questions Answered, Writing Process
It’s been a while. I know. Forgive me. Things got pretty real in the beginning of 2016. So what’s happened? Two things, mainly. I completed my R&R for Space Academy Rejects, which includes a completely new second half and tons of fantastic revisions to the front....
by MK England | Nov 28, 2015 | Book Extras, Writing Process
I was recently made aware that I’ve managed to write an entire novel without ever physically describing my main character. Space Academy Rejects is written in first person, present tense, so it was easier than you might think to accidentally accomplish this...
by MK England | Nov 10, 2015 | Editing, Publishing, Writing Process
Okay. I think I’m finally ready to talk about #PitchWars, the novel contest that has been consuming my life for the past two months. Between the agent round of #PitchWars and the start of NaNoWriMo, my feelings lately have been a lot like this: But here’s the real...
by MK England | May 27, 2015 | Editing, Personal, Writing Process
Every writer’s worst nightmare is a dead computer. Okay, maybe not every writer. Every writer who writes on a computer. Every writer who isn’t quite as diligent about backing up their work as they should be. Every writer who has a slowly-declining laptop and knows the...
