Author: meltaylor
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Writing a sex scene.
Ahem. Hm. Blush. So my current novel has only one almost-sex scene in it, a scene that is rudely interrupted by an action sequence. I read somewhere once that in […]
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Throw it to the wolves.
I have finished my second go-through of my book. It is now in the hands of three beta readers. Two of them are tried-and-true, one is a newbie who took […]
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Writer’s block.
Some may have noticed that in a previous post I mentioned having writer’s block for two years. It’s true. It was awful. I tend to get depressed and feel worthless when […]
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Procrastination, or processing?
So I’ve been avoiding my manuscript for weeks now. Not entirely, but more than I should. When I started working on it after re-reading my sequel, I was driven. I […]
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Judging a book by its cover.
I’m a little freaked out by this topic. If I’m going to self-publish, I need to come up with a cover. I recently uncovered a post of seriously bad book […]
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My first critique, and the pain therein.
The very first professional writer who ever looked at my work was a local newspaper reporter named Joe. Joe was a good guy, had been reporting for a while, and […]
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Procrastination . . . I’ll get right on that!
Yes, I will confess, I am using this blog to procrastinate right now. That hasn’t been true of every post so far, but it is true of this one. I […]
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The process.
So I’m still working on editing “In the Dark.” Oh, Christmas, you silly western holiday! How you do muck me about! I thought I would try to share something useful […]
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Learning curve.
So I hadn’t written anything for two years. Writer’s block. Fuck, that’s a bitch! Don’t ever do it if you can help it. When I did pick back up, I […]
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To outline or not to outline, that is the question.
At first, I didn’t even know the options existed. I was just writing random crap outta my head, lotsa wish fulfillment and not a lot of plot or characterization. Then […]
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