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 | Sep 12, 2015 | Editing, Goals
I managed to break the back end of my site for a few days, so this post is long over due, but … I was selected as a 2015 #PitchWars mentee! The evening of the announcement went something like this: THANK YOU SO MUCH @SG_Marsh I’M SOBBING #PitchWars — MK...
by MK England | May 8, 2015 | Editing, Fanfiction, Personal
Full disclosure: I have been a gigantic nerd for my entire life. My family introduced me to Star Wars at a very young age, and I immediately fell into reading all the extended universe novels, buying the toys, playing X-Wings on my bike, and otherwise revelling in my...
by MK England | Mar 20, 2015 | Editing, Writing Process
On Tuesday I posted about my Ctrl+F editing technique and gave you the generic list I use for everything I write. Today you get the list specific to my current work-in-progress, Space Academy Rejects. I also posted last month about first person, present tense novels...
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...
