by Allyson Lindt | Jan 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s Friday, woo! I need Friday. I crave it. I ache for it and it permeates every fiber of my being. And in about 12 hours I’ll be able to enjoy it. Okay, maybe only 11 at this point.And I was super-duper pleased to see yesterday that there was a blogfest...
by Allyson Lindt | Jan 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Short post today. Below is why:As I was driving to work this morning, a thought popped into my head and I’m not sure where it came from. It had to do with people who get paid to write for a living. Not fiction authors – I mean they do, but that’s not...
by Allyson Lindt | Jan 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
**The link tool I was using ate my list. I’ve tried to recreate the list as best I could, but please let me know if your information is wrong. Also, there’s still time to sign up!Yesterday I was sifting through my writing folder on my USB drive. I do this...
by Allyson Lindt | Jan 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
One of my favorite movies of all times (seriously, it’s in the top two), is ‘Chasing Amy’. I don’t watch it as often as maybe I should, because it’s an emotional wringer for me. I have to be in the mood to have my guts wrenched out....
by Allyson Lindt | Jan 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
I skipped the large mocha this morning, which I now regret because I’m craving chocolate. I got the large coffee anyway, which I now regret because I really didn’t need any more caffeine adding to my jitters. But…such is life, and I will probably...
by Allyson Lindt | Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve been engrossed. In a 15-day writing challenge, in novel re-writes, all of it. So I haven’t been reading as many blogs as I like to. And my own posts have been even more scatter-brained than ever. For instance, this was supposed to go up on Monday and...
by Allyson Lindt | Jan 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Michael, over at “In Time…” has had a series of posts this week about his editing process. Hop over and take a look, because it’s a great perspective on the process. Like me, and so many of the rest of you, he’s polishing his novel for...
by Allyson Lindt | Jan 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
I made it 1/3 of the way through my edits yesterday. about 25k words in. I’m adding more. Still. Which is funny because a lot of the stuff I’m adding is stuff I should have added two rounds ago. Explanation, reality. But each time I read through this...
by Allyson Lindt | Jan 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Chapters. 28 chapters. Or so.I did not edit yesterday. I stared at my novel bleary-eyed and tweaked the very first paragraph. I added description of the noise in the diner kitchen. That was it.In my defense, I didn’t do much of anything yesterday. I had a twinge...
by Allyson Lindt | Jan 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
I finished my novel this weekend. Wrote the final chapter, the intense fight scene, the anti-climactic ending…which means I failed to write a short story like I promised someone I would. I need to go apologize to her this morning :-(However, I acheived that...
