Writing is wonderful. It’s like playing God, sculpting worlds, forming new people from nothing but your fingers against the keyboard, giving life to the two-dimensional creations of your own mind, weaving spells of love and pain and the whole spectrum of human emotion. I love being a writer, but that’s not why I do it.
Tag Archives: Writing
Interview With Ace Parks
I sat down with Ace Parks to writing, passion and her book, Tiger’s Eye!
Eat Me
Food is an intrinsic part of human life and it feeds – in more ways than one – into who we are as people, physically and emotionally. It dictates our social lives, the way we feel about ourselves and so much more.
We’ll be countin’ words
For overwriters, word count goals can be very good and they can be very bad.
That Book Ouch Moment
Diversity in race, sexuality, socioeconomic background and more in YA books plays a fundamental role in providing young people with a sense of identity, belonging and validity.
Most of the time.
My Achilles Heels
There’s a reason they say write drunk, edit sober. Your inhibitions should be down while you’re writing and doubled while you’re editing.
Psh.
Herculean Effort
I have written 20,000 words in one day. I feel exhausted and invincible and intimidated of the editing stage, but proud. Writing – word count – this is where I shine.
Runaway Writer
Because I am a mad scientist writer with my hand in several pots all at the same time, I need to be organized. Really freaking organized.
Seven Guilty Pleasures – A Writer’s Daily To-Do List
Here are a few of my favorite ways to muck off, when I should be writing.
[An MFRW Author Post!]
Working Title [An #MFRW Post]
When it comes to titles, I am all or none. Some days, the blessed title deities generously bequeath the perfect name for my current work in progress, simply out of the kindness of their hearts. Other days, the well runs dry, the ground cracks below my feet, and I beg for the simplest drop of inspiration, but none is to be found.
Gemma Snow 