by Kristie Cook | Sep 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
I made it home from a fun but exhausting road trip last week and the first thing I did after stepping off the airplane? We went to Apple and bought MacBook Pros. We’d hoped to do this before I left so I wouldn’t have had so many problems while I was gone...
by Kristie Cook | Sep 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Since Friday, I’ve been in hotel rooms and family homes, some with good internet, most without. I’ve also spent over six hours a day in the car, driving only half the time. The plan was to get some writing – well, revising – done whenever I had...
by Kristie Cook | Sep 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
We’ve heard it time and again – “Kill Your Darlings!” It sounds like such a psychotic phrase. Kill my darlings? As in my babies? These sweet little things I’d give my life for?No, no, NO! Not your human darlings. Sheesh.So what darlings...
by Kristie Cook | Aug 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Katie at Creepy Query Girl and I must have been on the same page this weekend. Or in the same book. Or maybe not, since there are a lot of published books that could be counted in our thoughts. What are those thoughts?That story comes first, then comes the writing....
by Kristie Cook | Jun 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
My little experiment worked! Or at least, something did. I finally finished draft two of Genesis.Will I use this method before the first draft, as Whitcomb does? Meh, probably not. I’m too much of a pantser to use it for every scene, especially if not written...
