Some writers work fast. Some writers work slow. Very slow. There’s a lot of pressure in the writing/publishing world to write on at least a book a year pace. There’s pressure from readers, too, as we can see from the way some readers bemoan the length of time they have to wait for George R.R. [...]
All posts in category Musings
Musings: Accepting Your Unique Writing Process
Posted by superwench83 on February 3, 2012
http://katie-lovett.com/2012/02/03/musings-accepting-your-unique-writing-process/
Musings: Writing Through Tragedy
Writing through tragedy…I’ve tried to write this post a dozen times. It’s a hard process to write about because it’s a hard thing to do. It’s been said before that writing through personal tragedy can be theraputic, even if you can’t use these pieces for publication. And agents caution against sending them your tragically-inspired but [...]
Posted by superwench83 on January 4, 2012
http://katie-lovett.com/2012/01/04/musings-writing-through-tragedy/
Musings
Author Websites It’s done. Or is it? I’ve had a lot to think about in redesigning my site, spent several months researching what I wanted and how I wanted to do it, and I’ve come to realize that Dan Gillmor is right when he says in Mediactive, “You’ll never be finished…Your home base will always [...]
Posted by superwench83 on December 1, 2011
http://katie-lovett.com/2011/12/01/musings/
Spies
I’ve been wondering how one goes about becoming a spy. Do they major in espionage in college? Do they go to job fairs? Do they have resumes? And what about their employers? Do they post openings on Career Builder? Put signs up outside their offices? “Now Hiring Spies. Apply Inside.” I wonder how one is [...]
Posted by superwench83 on July 7, 2011
http://katie-lovett.com/2011/07/07/spies/
Katie Lovett, Time Traveler
“Nothing in the world is easier than traveling in time. Just wait five minutes, and you will have moved that far into the future.” –Sean Carroll’s review of J. Richard Gott III’s Time Travel in Einstein’s Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time, published in 2002 in Physics Today, link But what about time [...]
Posted by superwench83 on May 18, 2011
http://katie-lovett.com/2011/05/18/katie-lovett-time-traveler/
Powerful Stories
I was forced to add the tag “makes me want to kill fictional people most painfully” to my list of book tags on LibraryThing recently. Some books just reach out and grab our heartstrings, touch us someplace deep inside with characters we love and care about, and then rip us apart by having other characters [...]
Posted by superwench83 on February 23, 2011
http://katie-lovett.com/2011/02/23/powerful-stories/
Regency Fantasy
The Regency era has come to fantasyland, sweeping demurely across the genre landscape. It did not explode the way urban fantasy did, nor slowly build up speed like the steampunk locomotive. Rather, it gently but firmly elbowed its way through the subgenre crowd with a, “Pardon me, if you please,” its steady rise reflecting the [...]
Posted by superwench83 on April 27, 2010
http://katie-lovett.com/2010/04/27/regency-fantasy/
On Publishing Blogs
Publishing blogs–agent blogs in particular–are wildly popular with the aspiring author crowd. And why not? They’re valuable resources for current industry news and advice. But I think it’s very posible to get too caught up in the agent blog scene…and I base this on personal experience. Now, before I get myself in hot water, let [...]
Posted by superwench83 on April 16, 2010
http://katie-lovett.com/2010/04/16/on-publishing-blogs/
Book Reviewers are a Reader’s Friend
I’ve seen a lot of talk about why book reviewers are authors’ friends, but not much about exactly what reviewers do for readers. I guess that’s because it’s pretty obvious on the surface. Good reviewers, however, do more than make readers aware of books and tell whether or not they recommend them. They help readers [...]
Posted by superwench83 on April 7, 2010
http://katie-lovett.com/2010/04/07/book-reviewers-are-a-readers-friend/
Loyal Characters, Loyal Fans
Loyalty among a story’s characters is, I am convinced, the key to a story which readers cannot forget–and one key to earning loyal fans. Why was Star Wars such a success? The series Stargate SG-1? (I know these aren’t books, but stick with me.) Why do they have a cult following? Sure, there are lots [...]
Posted by superwench83 on March 29, 2010
http://katie-lovett.com/2010/03/29/loyal-characters-loyal-fans/
