And I'm back in the game...
I'm back! I had my baby (although she insisted on arriving 2 weeks late), and she's fabulous. We've managed to keep her alive this long and are pretty proud of that fact. And we're even settling into...
View ArticleWhen do you write?
With the baby, my life schedule has changed quite a bit. The first few weeks, it was weird, living on a 24 hour schedule - it didn't seem to matter if it was day or night, but we were up every couple...
View ArticleWhy We Can't Have Nice Things
There's been an article going around the writerly circles of the Intarwebz lately about an author who stalked and confronted the person she felt was her "#1 critic."Now, fuck knows why the Guardian...
View ArticleSugar hangover
Whoops, was supposed to post yesterday - but I got carried away with the whole Halloween thing and forgot to post.What did you all get up to for Halloween? Massive sugar inhalation?I find it...
View ArticleClean Up Your Mess
YEAH, BABY! First post of November is MINE, which means I get to write about NaNoWriMo before anyone else here does!Now, I'll keep this short and sweet, because I've got stuff and things to do, and...
View ArticleBaby Evil Writers 101: When to Query Holiday Edition
Baby Evil Writers 101: When to Query Holiday EditionJulie ButcherI know that as darling minions of evil, you're out there typing away and adding millions of words to your manuscript right this very...
View ArticleNaNoRuhRoh
Hi. I'm Seleste and I'm a NaNoWriMo addict.(Hello, Seleste...)It's November and that means a lot of you are probably writing your little heart out, chasing that elusive 50k. And sometimes, it can seem...
View ArticleIf They Only Really Knew...
I've been bad about blogging of late, both here and in other places. Yeah, I've been busy. There are a lot of things on my plate right now in all areas of my life - writing, family, and day job. I...
View ArticleProcrastination
Here it is, late in the day on my posting day and I'm still trying to find ways to avoid posting. Procrastination. All of us do it at one point or another. It's sort of a fact of life. But you can't...
View ArticleNever Gets Old
Today's post is brought to you by the Discovery Channel, Berroco yarn's newsletter, and viewers like you. (It is also possible I've been watching a little too much PBS programming lately.)"Never gets...
View ArticleBaby Evil Writers 101: Let's talk Nanowrimo
Baby Evil Writers 101: Let's Talk NanowrimoJulie ButcherI know that some of you have been working your poor evil fingers to the bone. You're banging out words faster than McDonalds makes cheeseburgers....
View ArticleI'm not dead
I just feel like I wish I were...I'm sick, hence no post on Friday. This is just a quick note to apologize, and now I'm crawling back under the covers.Being sick on Thanksgiving sucks, just fyi. Being...
View ArticleI Wrote Stuff! Now What?
Welp, here it is, the first day of December. Go on, you can freak out for a minute…it's okay.Finished? Good. Moving on, then.What today means (besides only having 30 days left in the whole of 2014) is...
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Happy Birthday Gothic Goddess!
This long running the ELEW, Dina James and I have an ongoing complaint that when birthdays roll around, we struggle with what to say because everyone here is SO FREAKING AWESOME it starts to get...
View ArticleBaby Evil Writers 101: When You Need and Editor
Baby Evil Writers 101: When You Need an EditorJulie Butcher I waited ages to actually hire an editor to look at my writing, and probably wasted at least two years. Don’t do what I did....
View ArticleIt's never the same
We talk a lot about rules here at ELEW. Woids to live by and all that. But no set of rules are a standardized, across the board thing. It's whatever works for you as an individual to get the job done....
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STFU About Anyone "Taking a Chance" On You
It's the newly signed/published author refrain. They say it in interviews, guest posts, book dedications and acknowledgments."Thank you [agent/editor/publisher] for taking a chance on me/the book."It's...
View ArticleBook-Giving at the Holidays
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!I love giving books as gifts. Like LOVE giving books as gifts. It makes me happy on more levels than I can iterate:Introducing someone to a new world to get lost inHelping another author...
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Are We There Yet?
Recently I went through a spell where writing was about as much fun as going to the dentist. Now, maybe you are a twisted type who actually enjoys going to the dentist. The sound of the drill, the...
View ArticleHo ho holidaying
Oh my god, I am so unprepared for the holidays!I used to look forward to this time of year, because of the time off, And I'm still looking forward to the time off... if I got any time off. I wish...
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