The first draft I started last Wednesday is progressing nicely. I’ve met my test mile of at least 500 words each day, and I’m just one hundred words from the cumulative goal of an average of 1,000 a day needed to write this novella during August. Here’s my word count since the last check-in: Wed […]
Author Archives: J.R. Pearse Nelson
Rolling In The Deep: This Song Captures Descent’s Romantic Conflict
I love Adele. She’s stopped me in my tracks many a time. What a VOICE! As I listened to this song, it fit so well with what Descent’s character Rosa feels about Mikhail. I have the album and have nearly worn that track out. Ha! It’s a song I can’t listen to with headphones, because […]
Mid-Week Update: Descent Begins Today!
Today marks the starting line for my first draft of Descent, the fourth Children of the Sidhe novella. I can’t wait! I have a great outline, as well as a decent understanding of what happens in the fifth and final novella, so that I can keep the general course of the series on track with […]
Sunday Update: Brave (Writers & the Movie)
Yeah, I’m going to use that title. I’m feeling it, baby! Not only that; we took our three-year-old to see Brave today — her first theater experience. It was fun. A beautiful movie, with lovely music and a good mix of light-hearted tomfoolery and drama. The storyline was perfect for my girl, although it was […]
Mid-Week Update: Once More With Feeling
I’m writing today. I took the day off, with the sole purpose of going through my Queen Witch manuscript from head to toe — inserting the final scenes I’ve written, nailing the transitions, and in general making this draft as polished as possible. It will be so nice when this book is done. lol. But […]
Sunday Update: Finished Writing New Scenes!
Major accomplishment this week! I’m done writing all of the scenes I invented during my last (incredibly brutal) edit. It only took me two writing days, which was great, since that’s all I had this week. 🙂 Monday I wrote 700 words, and Friday I wrote all the way to the finish line — 1,700 […]
For Writers: You’ve Finished Editing … What Comes Next?
After Sunday’s post on editing, I’m going to offer some information about the next step — the possibilities (there are many!) for getting your work out once you’ve completed it. If any other writers or publishing professionals want to add their advice in the comments, or send me a link to their own posts on […]
For Writers: What Does Editing Mean to You?
After my last post, a reader asked about editing. Specifically, what advice do I have for writers who have finished a book, but are stuck at the first edit? Other writers, please chime in by leaving a comment, or write your own post on the topic and let me know; I’ll add a list at […]
Sunday Update: Super Productive Weekend
Yay! The title was very nice to write. As you may already know, I took a break for pretty much the last three weeks as I prepared for a friend’s wedding, vacationed with the family, and got my head around the final stages of revision on Queen Witch. My head is there, baby! Now it’s […]
Mid-Week Update: Back to Business
Ever have that feeling you need a vacation from your vacation? That’s the way it hit me today as I returned to work, with the house looking like a clothes/toys bomb went off, and far too little sleep. I married off my dear friend on Saturday, and it was truly an amazing day. My husband […]
