Hey, readers! Be forewarned. I’m about to get really honest. Books are hard. They’re hard to write, hard to edit, hard to pitch, and hard to release into the world. Did I revise my book so it’s the best it can be? Did I revise so much that I lost the essence? Am I ready? [...]
Tag: doubt
The Weight of Doubt and Exhaustion
It’s been a long time since I blogged. Then again, it’s been a long time since I’ve written anything, truth be told. There’s a complete and utter exhaustion that comes with caring for someone with a long-term illness and until recently, I was really good at pretending it didn’t exist. Enter wall. Accurate footage of [...]
Slimming Down
Revision can be painful. Digging into the words you put so much effort into writing, not to mention deciding which of them need to go, can overwhelm a writer with fear. Which words do I cut? Filter words? Entire paragraphs? Scenes, even? What if cutting this particular scene is wrong? What if it changes the [...]
L. Ryan Storms 