Category: my novel’s progress
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Reading for awareness
My coworker’s sister created these infographics. I’m going to check out some of these resources. Rynn Grogran online portfolio. Photo by Steve Johnson from Pexels
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Am I Crazy?
I haven’t blogged much for the past two weeks because I’ve been busy finishing my latest episode for my space opera series Consortium. The third book should be coming out July 15. I’ll post on here when it is available for pre-order. So, I have a few writing projects (or works-in-progress, as writers say) on…
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Friday’s Findings
I mentioned last week I am currently working with an illustrator for the book cover of my novel, Oblivion’s Hope. Now I am looking for an editor. I found this article and I’m using it as a guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Finding, Hiring, and Working with an Editor And finally, here is a link…
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Did a little reading this morning
Swept off the back deck for the first time this spring. Going to enjoy the beautiful day and finish reading a book. Better than staying inside all weekend.
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Friday’s Findings
One of my former co-workers has more free time because he is quarantined at home. For the past few years, he has been telling me about the fantasy novel he’s been working no, but with his job and family, he hadn’t had much time to work on it. Now he’s been catching up on his…
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Friday’s Findings
During this period of COVID-19 crisis, each person who writes finds himself or herself in his own unique situation. Some are furloughed from work. Some are working at jobs considered essential. Some who write full-time already may not find their writing routine changed much. I am blessed to have a job during this time. Fortunately,…
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Friday’s Findings
Sometimes I find myself using the same gestures for my characters over and under and over again. I think I’m guilty of making them “furrow their eyebrows” a lot. While the gestures and body language suggestions from the first item in today’s list is not exhaustive, it can give you ideas for your own variety…
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The Worst Thing About All This
I wrote this last week as I tried to grasp how much sacrifice we are all going to make. My heart goes out to those families who have lost loved ones, the biggest sacrifice of all. Even though the following is about something less devastating, it is my attempt to express how I came to…
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Friday's Findings
I always think of my first draft as a lump of clay I’ve been working on for only a few minutes. It’s wet and soggy and unpainted, but I know it’s unfinished and the best is yet to come. Why Your First Draft Isn’t Crap Stop Killing Your Creative Genius How a Career Can Reveal…
Andrew M. Friday 