by Allyson Lindt | Mar 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Like so many of the wonderful peoples in blogging land, I’m prepping for the A to Z Blogging Challenge. Last year I swore I would go into it and just make it up as I went along. Because to me, the challenge was coming up with something new every day. If it was...
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m writing a synopsis for another novel. I don’t like this bit because how do I sum up a 100,000 word story in 2 page? In a lot of ways for me it’s even more difficult than a query or a pitch. In a query I can pick the very, very core of the story...
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
First – housekeeping. I won’t harrass y’all with my queries any more 🙂 The statician in me sees the trend.Moving on to more important things.I have this friend. She’s smart, sexy, and funny. She’s witty, and frequently seems to have an...
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Time for me to toss this out to the general public again. I’m trying to polish my query for Apathy’s Hero and I think I’ve been staring at it too long. I know I’m missing something – maybe conflict or motivation or sympathetic characters...
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m not a country music fan. In fact, if I had any ‘metal creed’, I wouldn’t own up to liking this song at all. My playlist is filled mostly with *peeks*…not this kind of music.But a couple of years ago I stumbled on a music video of...
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Human psychology fascinates me. One of the things I wonder is why it’s so easy for us to break good habits and so hard to break the bad ones.First instance. I’ve tried for decades to stop bitig my nails. Yeah, I admit it, I’m a nail biter. I’ve...
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
I need to finish my current revision by Friday. I have to write a brand new chapter, and completely rework about four others others. Which is why I’m writing this post on a Wednesday and scheduling it for Thursday. it’s because I’m being efficient....
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have a confession to make. I like to throw tantrums. I get frustrated with my writing and tell myself and anyone who will listen and not call me on it later that I’m going to trash the entire story and never touch it again.This usually only lasts a couple of...
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve mentioned before I was working on something new. I’m kind of itching to get back to it, but I need to finish this current revision first.But before I got sucked back into revisions, I wrote a couple of short stories around the characters for my new...
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve adopted a new routine in the last few months. It’s how I finished my NaNo novels, and so far it’s been the best habit I’ve ever picked up for my writing. It’s propelled me through more words in the last five months than in the...
