JA Marlow

A few weeks ago another writer asked me how many projects I’m currently working on. I had to stop and think. It was way past three, and at that point I can’t remember. Get out the lists!
So, I spent a little time making out a list. Wow, what an eye-opener.
As one of my short stories [...]

I’ve been writing ever since I could string letters together to form words, and it’s never stopped since. However, the big goal of some day making a living off my fiction writing has remained elusive.
For a long time, the problem was the quality of writing. I know that isn’t the problem any longer but instead [...]

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 [...]

Nano is coming fast. Wow, is it coming fast! Tomorrow! Eeek!
I looked up from finishing the first draft of “Lost and Found” (first book of the Phoenix Café series), and about swallowed my tonsils. Then the month slipped by with all the Municipal Liaison planning for the Kick-off party.
Okay, that draft is finished (and I [...]