How I Revise My Rough Drafts
So your rough draft is finished, and you’re wondering how in the hell you get this book into better shape. Maybe you just finished NaNoWriMo, or are gearing up for the completion of your own manuscript. Or maybe you’ve had one done for a while, and are intimidated by the…
How I Make My Morning Tea
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m particular about how my tea is made. This has gotten bad enough that my friend has discovered she, too, now can tell the difference between burnt and oversteeped tea with a simple taste. So how do I make a perfect cup of tea,…
How Do You Write Descriptions?
Full transparency, in my rough drafts, most my descriptions are vague shorthands for myself and myself only. Because descriptions can be difficult for me to get right, I tend to leave them for my second drafts, where I can properly go through the steps I take to make sure a…
Supporting Role
When I was in fourth grade, a boy told me he could hold off going to the bathroom longer than me. The bet was foolish, and all I would win was the knowledge that he was wrong. Yet I took him up on it. I sat on the bus as…