First draft melodrama
April 19, 2008This passage is from the very first draft of the very first chapter I wrote. Both chapter and excerpt have since been rewritten several times. [...]
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Grace notes
March 4, 2008. . . the road meandered along hills lined with the soft grey-brown of winter trees stitching a white sky to the ground.
— from [...]
Beginnings
January 11, 2008I work from sentence to sentence. The first sentence of a chapter sets the tone and tells me where to go. I’m lost until that [...]
Wisps of writing
April 7, 2007A lot of people like to write out their first draft before coming back to touch up their prose. Well, I like to do that [...]
Cooking with bacteria
January 19, 2006Ever made huge pots of beans or soup or whatever and wondered whether to let the pot sit out before sticking it into the refrigerator? [...]