Just in case you were wondering: Yes, I’m still working on it. Yes, it’s still absurdly long. Yes, I am beginning to wonder what the bloody hell compelled me to do this. Here’s the latest iteration of it,...
Read MoreIf you follow my blog or stalk me on Twitter or are one of my dear, dear Facebook friends (no, no, really — I adore you all and you won’t believe what I got you for Christmas!), then you have “heard” me...
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The Book That Will Kill Me has a name…and it’s on its way.
Read MoreLast year around this time, I saw that Holly Black had posted a Year in Review on her blog. On my podcast, I lamented that I hadn’t thought to do the same, and resolved to give it a shot. So of course, I decided to do my first...
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I use a lot of software, but very little of it is specifically aimed at my writing. I use...
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I am frequently asked about the tools of the trade. Since writing doesn’t usually involve...
Read MoreWhat I’m about to write won’t mean much to most of you. But I know that a lot of would-be authors read the BLog, looking for writing advice or insight into the writing life, so here goes: Like poor Ross, I’m...
Read MoreFor the past two nights, I have dreamed of The Book That Will Kill Me. This is strange because I haven’t worked on it for several months now — it’s in the hands of my editor, and given the sheer length and...
Read MoreHere’s what I posted recently on Tumblr… Been a while since I’ve showed these off! That’s… Printing The Book That Will Kill Me… ditzkoff (@ditzkoff)’s GIFgifboom.com This took even less… Oh, God. WHERE IS...
Read MoreCurrently, I am working on… “The Monster” a.k.a. “The Book That Will Kill Me” What is it?: A very long, involved, complicated young adult novel. My agent is the one who nicknamed it “the...
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