...from my Cyberman pumpkin.
You're welcome, Doctor Who fans. :)
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How to Write a Character's Voice-- Attempting to Define the Undefinable
Oct 27, 2011
Alrighty, folks, I seem to be back from the world of the internet-less. To celebrate, I'm doing a post I've been putting off for a while, 'cause it's a tough one.
It's one of those undefinable, hard-to-give-five-easy-steps sort of concepts in writing: voice. Not author voice, but...
When life makes change necessary
Oct 21, 2011
So this week, I made a special purchase at Wal-Mart.
Little boy underwear.
The Kiddo has been showing signs of being close to potty-training ready, so I decided it was time to give it a shot. He was thrilled to death to have Mater from Cars on his butt, and wanted to wear the underwear right away. I explained the rules of going potty on his potty chair and asked him every 15...
The difference between rewriting and editing
Oct 19, 2011
Rewrites are like zombies-- they eat your brains.
Or at least that's what it feels like. I'm buried in rewrites for TUGL, and with my bit of leftover brainpower, I've been thinking about the difference between rewriting and editing.
After I finish my first draft, it feels overwhelming...
This is why shiny new ideas are so hard to let go
Oct 14, 2011
So I sort of maybe kinda had a new story idea I've been working on for a few days. I'm still doing revisions on TUGL, but this new story is so. freakin'. cool. And I just haven't had the willpower to do anything but start planning it. It's tentatively titled Fixer, and because I always like to have a face for my ideas, here's the mock cover:
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It wasn't that long...
Teen Tales: Liar, Liar
Oct 10, 2011
Teen Tales is a weekly feature that connects the YA experience with YA literature.
I was 19 and in college. I had hilarious roommates-- and a pet frog that needed a supply of live crickets every week. The closest pet shop was a tiny, privately-owned place. After a while, I started...
A Few Little Things to Announce
Oct 7, 2011
My friend and fellow writer Darren Hansen has launched a new website called inkPageant! If you're looking for a place to share your blog posts, and enjoy blog posts from other writers, this is the place for you. It's a great gathering place for blogging writers. And...
Something's Gotta Give: How to Decide what to Cut from your Novel
Oct 5, 2011
I'm in the cut-obscene-amounts-of-unnecessary-crap stage of my rewrites. In the last two days, I've cut around 2,000 words from the first 100 pages of TUGL (and added just a tad too, so it flows cleanly). You'd think it'd feel horrible to cut out so many of my hard-earned words,...
Teen Tales: Pranks-- the funny and the not-so-funny
Oct 3, 2011
Teen Tales is a weekly feature connecting the YA experience with YA literature.
I'm going to go out on limb here and guess that I'm not the only one who played pranks on people as a teen.
The best prank I ever played was actually in college, but I did some other silly ones...
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Shallee McArthur
Author of YA sci fi THE UNHAPPENING OF GENESIS LEE (@skyhorsepub). Gamer girl. Budding seamstress. Genealogy enthusiast. Repped by @hannahnpbowman.
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