genevieveturner I’m currently at work on a novella that ties in with the novel I just finished, and as I write it, I’m realizing how much the hero in it is inspired by my very first romance hero: Almanzo Wilder from the Little House on the Prairie series. Of course, Almanzo isn’t really a romance hero–he’s … Read more
Note: If you are a gopher lover, I recommend that you not read the following post, since I will be saying some very mean things about gophers below. Also, if you do like gophers, I’m not sure if we can be friends, since I loathe the little buggers with all of my being. I tell … Read more
If you missed part I, you can find it here. So, how does a scientist grow from an itty-bitty undergraduate into a full fledged professor? It’s actually a process that takes decades, involves countless hours in the lab, and it very strictly delineated. You do A, then B, then C, and then you might get … Read more
Whew! Let me just say that again: Whew! I finally finished revising my very first novel, Summer Chaparral. I have now written an entire novel (97k words) and revised/rewritten the entire thing. I know it’s a small step on the road to publication, but it’s still a step I’ve completed. I put myself on internet … Read more
I’ve had this particular series for the blog planned for a long time. Since I’ve set my novel(s) in the general area where I live and grew up, I reference a lot of the local flora and fauna in them in order to provide a better sense of place for the reader. I thought it … Read more
So, remember how I said I’d been in kind of a funk the past few weeks? And not hitting my target word count? (Although it was still a decent word count.) Well, it’s now officially over! Last week, I hit my target daily average word count of 2.5k! If I can keep this up (or … Read more
As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been thinking of doing a series on how my scientific training has helped me with my writing. But I realized that before I could just start blathering away about it, I needed to first go over exactly what it is that scientists do all day, since most … Read more
I haven’t felt like updating here in last week or so, due to various issues going on right now. They’re not super huge issues, and they’ve mostly been resolved for now, but once I was in that funk, I didn’t really feel like writing about writing here. I didn’t think I had anything relevant to … Read more
Today’s news post on Dear Author had a link to a blog post about literary fiction (lit fic) and how lit fic readers don’t want to read on e-readers–they want want physical books. http://www.davidhewson.com/blog/2012/8/8/ebooks-is-it-a-genre-thing-definitely.html But the topic of this post isn’t about lit fic and what lit fic readers will and won’t read on, since … Read more
All my writing efforts of the last few weeks have been spent on revising and rewriting my first finished novel. And boy, does it need it. Just as this WIP was my first real effort at writing a novel, these revisions are my first real effort at revising a novel. In the process, I’m finding … Read more