J.A. Marlow

This post is part of a blog carnival. To find the other posts in this carnival, go here. The topic of the blog carnival is “Why I am Indie”. Well, I don’t have a book out there yet, but in early 2011 I will, and I’ve already chosen to go indie. I’ve discussed the basis [...]

Seeking Reviews and Articles for the July-August issue of Vision: A Resource for Writers. Vision is an award-winning electronic magazine providing articles and reviews that offer information both new and experienced writers would find helpful. The May-June issue has been posted at the ezine’s new home, Vision, and is chock full of valuable information. It’s [...]

Over at Forward Motion Writers, Zette, the owner of the site, is offering a class called “Two Year Novel” (2YN). This is a class that takes place over two years that go from the first germ of an idea all the way through the planning to the writing of the first draft, into revision, and [...]

This was particularly funny as I was on the Forward Motion chat last night with a small group egging Zette on. Someday I would love to write as fast as her! Go Zette! In personal Nano news, I’m now at 27K but it’s been hard to get there. On Tuesday, the third day of Nano, [...]

Yes, I’m nuts. Trying to finish a novel before Nano starts. In one way that’s a very good thing. Gearing up to Nano means the mind and muse are raring to go at writing. But you can’t start until November 1st. By having another project it satisfies that writing ‘itch’. The bad part is: For [...]

On day 11 at about 10pm, I reached 50033 words. The writing didn’t stop however! Before midnight, the count had grown to 51661. The novel “The Phoenix Eggs” is really shaping up. The climax is within sight and the characters are finding themselves in rather a big pickle. Perfect! (not for the characters, but you [...]

Having so many days off of work over the holidays and new years did wonders for the big line-by-line revision of “The String Weavers”. 184 printed pages (Note to self for next time: Print out with a little more space between lines next time), 90k words, and as of Saturday at 2pm, it was finished! [...]