by MK England | Nov 3, 2015 | Drafting
The beginning of November brings two major things in my writing life: NaNoWriMo, the yearly challenge to write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days, and the #PitchWars agent round. Since I’m doing my best to REMAIN CALM, DAMN IT regarding the latter…...
by MK England | Apr 9, 2015 | Querying, Writing Process
Sometimes terrible metaphors help me understand things. Today, I’ll tell you why querying is like the dinner on your plate. (Wait, what?) Yeah, I know. Just…go with it. When I first started working on my query for Firestarter, my first novel, the process went...
by MK England | Mar 9, 2015 | Editing, Goals, Writing Process
Give me a wordcount hit, I need it! Need the rush, need that high, need the validation–I can do this, I will do this. Like most people, I get into awful ruts where it’s nearly impossible to force myself to write, edit, or be in any way creative. For me, it’s...
