I never really understood those Halestorm lyrics until I read these books. I am not typically a book-thrower. People talk about wanting to throw books across the room at frustrating parts, but I've never really had that urge. And I've always believed it was because I weather conflict well and guiltily enjoy a little drama …
As always, I’d like to begin this week’s progress report by thanking all of you awesome people who’ve followed, liked and/or commented on my blog! Here are this week’s stats: Words Written This Week: 12,010 Total Word Count for First Draft: 82,812 Days Until Start of Editing Process (first rewrite): 26 This week's Progress Report …
I love music. Rock and roll was the soundtrack for my childhood (I knew the words to several Creedence Clearwater Revival songs before I knew how to read). I was in the school choir. I've idolized and fantasized about musicians for most of my life. From the Rolling Stones in high school (I was a …
Alright, I know I said I wasn't going to do this. I know I said this is a writing blog and that I would try to keep my fandoms/obsessions out of it. I know. But here's the thing, in the past week, it's become very clear to me that while creating my own art, …
As always, I'd like to begin this week's progress report by thanking all of you awesome people who've followed, liked and/or commented on my blog! Here are this week's stats: Words Written This Week: 12,701 Words Written For Book So Far: 70,802 Last Chapter of Rough Draft Completed: 21 Chapters To Go (subject to change): 4 Days Until October …
Whew, I know, that was a long text pic. But for the past few weeks, I've been seriously considering doing this - essentially a rewrite - instead of the initial first round of self-editing I'd planned. It's a bit overwhelming to think of printing my manuscript out in its entirety (it's going to be 300+ …
Hey there. Still with me? Sweet. As is the premise of this blog, about two months ago, I got serious about writing my first book. I created time frames for completing certain tasks/steps in the process, I wrote outlines, I began reading books about writing (instead of observing my normal 'just wing it and see …
As always, I’d like to begin this week’s progress report by thanking all of you awesome people who’ve followed, liked and/or commented on my blog! Here are this week’s stats: Words Written This Week: 6,818 Words Written For Book So Far: 58,101 Last Chapter of Rough Draft Completed: Chapter 17 (about halfway through Chapter 18) Chapters To Go …
Okay, so, I know that video was a little strange. Bear with me. My music taste doesn't usually stray far from the classic rock I grew up on, the heavy metal I was exposed to in my late teens/early twenties, or the hard rock/bro rock I currently enjoy. But every once in a while, I …
It's come to my attention, mostly from my sister Vic, one of my guinea pigs for this blog, that somethings on my blog are not clear. So instead of trying to say something profound in this week's 'diary entry', I'd like to explain a few things that may not be as obvious to everyone else …
Delphia Baisden, Author 