Just wanted to write a quick update before I hide my wireless router from myself for the day so I can get some book writing done. I’m starting to feel more embarrassed than usual when people ask me how the book is going, because I keep falling in love with and then completely dropping manuscripts. [...]
Archive for the ‘writing life’ Category
Deciding Which Book to Work on
Posted in Los Angeles Memoir, memoirs, paranormal romances, writing, writing life, tagged amazon, paranormal romances, publishing, publishing news, self-publishing amazon, writing, writing life, young adult books on January 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Dr. Wicked’s Write or Die
Posted in Internet shenanigans, writing, writing life, tagged Dr. Wicked, Dr. Wicked's Write or Die, Dr. Wicked's writeordie, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, write or die, Write or Die Dr. Wicked, writeordie, writeordie Dr. Wicked, writing on November 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I am not what you would call a particularly fast writer. I have always been more about quality, ruminating, and yes, daydreaming. I consider myself an artist, but writing for a living is often about just cranking stuff out. Most of the full-time authors I know deal not just in quality, but in quantity–I mean [...]
MOTLEY CRUE: THE DIRT
Posted in books, celebrities, memoirs, music, reading, writing life, tagged Los Angeles Music Memoir, Motley Crue, Motley Crue Memoir, Motley Crue the Dirt, Music Memoirs, NaNoWriMo, Nikki Sixx, The Dirt Motley Crue, Tommy Lee, Vince Neil on November 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I am looking for inspiration for my L.A. music story (as if 50 journals and enough excitement on my part to set off a fireworks display isn’t enough). So I asked one of my Seattle music critic friends for rock & roll memoir recommendations and he suggested Motley Crue: The Dirt-Confessions of the World’s Most [...]
The New Memoir
Posted in memoirs, personal life, writing, writing life, tagged hollywood, hollywood memoir, los angeles, memoirs, writer's life, writing, writing life on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As anyone who knows me knows, I’ve been working on a memoir “about my neighborhood” for over two years. It’s really much bigger and more intriguing than that, but that’s its code name. It’s like when you’re driving through Los Angeles and you see cardboard signs with arrows that say this way to “Clearasil Commercial [...]
Writing Anniversary
Posted in writing life on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I just realized that tomorrow is kind of a weird anniversary for me. I left my day job a year ago and have been doing nothing but writing books ever since. I worked on the first book of my paranormal series from last summer until around Thanksgiving, then put it aside and started the memoir [...]
How Do You Know When Your Book is Done?
Posted in memoirs, writing, writing life, tagged how do you know when your book is done, how do you know when your novel is done, how to tell when your book is done, how to tell when your novel is done, writer's life, writing, writing advice, writing life on July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m knee deep in this memoir I’ve been beating into submission since Thanksgiving. My goal was to have it ready to send off to agentland on Monday, which is five days away. I don’t think it’s going to happen, though, guys. That particular dream isn’t dead (yet), but we’re discussing putting it on life support. [...]
