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Emma Jean Cover Image is Here!

Here it is! The cover image for the novel, due out on February 12th. I'm really happy with this cover because I think the woman in the image has the verve and energy of Emma Jean herself. A bit of background on the process of selecting the cover. My wonderful editor sent me three trial […]

projects.angel.elizabeth@gmail.com 13 years ago11/03/2015

On Reading My Own Work: The Issue of Sentimentality

Two stories: Story number one I'm sitting at my computer, laughing. My husband asks me what I'm chuckling about. "Oh, I'm proofing my novel. I'm not sure if this is good or bad, but Emma Jean makes me laugh, even though I wrote her." I've gone through edits, and copy edits, and now one round […]

projects.angel.elizabeth@gmail.com 13 years ago11/03/2015

Scenes

When to Write in Scene

Reading a manuscript yesterday, I was reminded that, while most writing teachers (myself included) insist advocate that students write in scene, there are also instances when you should not write in scene. Sometimes writers dramatize events that don't warrant a full scene. And then the writing just seems flabby. Not much is happening, but there's […]

projects.angel.elizabeth@gmail.com 13 years ago11/03/2015

Emma Jean

Emma Jean Update & Pub Date

So, auditorally is not a word. Who knew? But this, my dear writing friends, is why God created copy editors: to tell us such things. I recently finished going through the copy edits for my forthcoming novel, Emma Jean's Bad Behavior, and my wonderful copy editor researched the word auditorally in three dictionaries before deciding […]

projects.angel.elizabeth@gmail.com 13 years ago11/03/2015

Nanowrimo Writing Process

Writing Every Morning

I'm participating in Nanowrimo this year. Sort of. I doing it, but not really doing it. The Nanowrimo rules state you can do as much prep work as possible up to November 1st, but you can't actually start writing until the first day of the month. And I'd already written about 60 pages of my […]

projects.angel.elizabeth@gmail.com 13 years ago11/03/2015

Audience

Who Do You Write To?

This morning I got up, grabbed my coffee, and went outside to write. (The days I'll be able do this are numbered and I'm taking full advantage while I can.) I began writing about my day yesterday (2 Labor Day picnics = fun) and mentioned a couple people. Then I explained who these people are. […]

projects.angel.elizabeth@gmail.com 14 years ago11/03/2015

Emma Jean Novel Writing

Writing Tics, or What I’m Learning From the Emma Jean Edits

I'm deep into the edits for my novel, Emma Jean's Bad Behavior, and some things are becoming apparent. As in, writing tic type things. As in, the little silly stuff I do over and over again. I thought sharing these tics might be helpful to you. I know I'll be much more conscious of them […]

projects.angel.elizabeth@gmail.com 14 years ago11/03/2015

Travel

The Writing Life: Travel, or Why Travel is Good for Your Writing

As I mentioned in my previous post, I'm in LA, actually Pasadena, visiting my dear friend Suzanne. I'm working a lot while here, but no matter, I'm somewhere other than my usual here. Last week I was at the Oregon Coast. Now, neither of these short vacations are trips to exotic locales. But they are […]

projects.angel.elizabeth@gmail.com 14 years ago11/03/2015

Novel Writing

The Writing Life: Update on My Novel

So, I hadn't heard from my editor in a long time. I signed the contract for my novel in the early part of May and then, nothing. I wasn't too worried, because my friend who had his novel published by the same house said that happened with them. But still, time passed and no word. […]

projects.angel.elizabeth@gmail.com 14 years ago11/03/2015

Scenes Writing Process

An Approach to Writing Scenes

During one of the free sessions I did last month, I talked with a writer about foreshadowing and how sometimes getting it in is really clunky. Like, you might as well scream it from the rooftops, "I'm foreshadowing something important here," clunky. And since I went right from that session to working on a chapter […]

projects.angel.elizabeth@gmail.com 14 years ago11/03/2015

Charlotte Rains Dixon

Tag: novel writing

Emma Jean Cover Image is Here!

On Reading My Own Work: The Issue of Sentimentality

When to Write in Scene

Emma Jean Update & Pub Date

Writing Every Morning

Who Do You Write To?

Writing Tics, or What I’m Learning From the Emma Jean Edits

The Writing Life: Travel, or Why Travel is Good for Your Writing

The Writing Life: Update on My Novel

An Approach to Writing Scenes

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