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Burning a Story at Both Ends
“Finish the damn thing first,” my inner voice screamed within the confines of my skull. “Edit later.”
It’s good advice. I should get the first draft done before I go back to the beginning and put on my editor’s hat. Writer’s hat and editor’s hat are two different things, ya know.
But I procrastinate, and I get [...]
How I Know I’m Getting Better
14. April 2009
Instead of working on a new project last night, I opened up the beginning of a work in progress novel and reread the first few chapters. It felt like visiting a old friend from high school, even though I wrote it long after I left public education. The sentiment was still there. I still loved [...]
Continue reading...How Many Times Do You Edit?
13. October 2008
I think I have an uber-editing disease. I have one novel that I have edited and proofread about 27 times.
Why?
I occasionally get the feeling it is because I am scared to let my baby out into the world, but then I realize that is other people talking. I’m not scared really, I just [...]
S&M and the Inner Editor
15. November 2007
During NaNoWriMo, the most popular refrain is “Kill the Inner Editor!” Now, I refuse to kill my inner editor, since I’m not completely convinced in the resurection of life. I need my editor, see, since I play on actually submitting my novel to publishers.
But I don’t want to get bogged down in editing [...]
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"Elements of Time" short story anthology is available now. It features winning stories from the Accentuate Services contests plus themed poetry. Two of M. Lori Motley's short stories, "Inescapable" and "No Time Like Now," are included.
"Elements of Soul" short story anthology is available now. It features fifteen winning stories from the Accentuate Services contests plus themed poetry. Two of M. Lori Motley's short stories, "Summer Heat" and "Flood of Tears," are included.
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2. April 2010
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