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Tate Publishing, Defunct, Deceased, Dead
If you know anything about Tate Publishing, a small “not vanity!” press located in Mustang, Oklahoma, you’ll probably know that its owners are tangled up in more than one scandal–firing twenty-five employees, being sued by Xerox, and now failing to pay their employees in the Philippines and having to declare bankruptcy, all the while making […]
Posted in Editing
Tagged as: editing, Tate Publishing
13 Things You Should Ask Yourself before the End of 2013
Usually at the last minute, or even after the new year has started, I end up doing some new year’s resolutions. Most of the time I end up not meeting them. So instead, this year, I’m going to “steal” this list of questions from my friend Amanda’s blog and answer them. She in turn took […]
Posted in Personal, Reading
Tagged as: 2013, editing, New Year Resolutions, The Lady Okie
NaNoWriMo 2012: The End of the Road
That’s right, folks. I wrote 50,000 words in one month. I dedicated all of November to writing out my second Grover Cleveland novel, no matter how bad it sounded in type. It was certainly a bumpy road. There were some days when I would write over four thousand words, and some days when I couldn’t […]
Posted in Into the Flames, NaNoWriMo
Tagged as: editing, first drafts, Grover Cleveland Academy, NaNoWriMo, second drafts, writing
Mixing It Up
Maybe you know this and maybe you don’t, but recently I’ve become a stay-at-home mom for two small children. Except that I also am working for the Consortium (at home) and trying to write my next novel (at home). Naptimes and early bedtimes have allowed me to snag the time I need for my editing […]
Flamin’ Friday: Movin’ Right Along
I have to admit folks, that there were about three weeks there where I didn’t even look at Into the Flames. Or I would open the document and wait for it to load only to get distracted again. My life has been pretty hectic recently, but after things calmed down a little (just a little, […]
Posted in Into the Flames
Tagged as: editing, NaNoWriMo
Welcome to Flaming Friday!
Welcome to the first edition of Flaming Friday, folks! Draft number: 4 (ish) Word count of draft 3: 63,575 Word count of draft 4: 24,220 What’s Going On, Jessie? What I’m doing right now: Starting the next draft of my book. That’s right, kiddos, going right back to the beginning and starting all over. Well, […]
Posted in Into the Flames
Tagged as: Aaron Pogue, editing, Flaming Friday, The Consortium
The Times, They Are A-Changin’
So, change is good right? When it comes to big changes, like moving to a different state or altering my worldview or rewriting an entire novel, I’m not too keen. I like regimen and consistency. I like knowing where I’ve been and where I’m going. I’m okay with little things, like geting a hair cut […]
Posted in Editing, Personal
Tagged as: change, editing, Tate Publishing
Stormtroopers can be fantastical, too.
The Stormtrooper Mentality You probably already know that according to the Myers-Briggs personality test, I’m an ISTJ. Part of my personality is to find comfort in rigid structure, so I find comfort in labeling myself, and I have mentioned my personality traits many times on this site. The part of my personality I’d like to […]
Posted in Personal, Reading
Tagged as: conceptual editing, editing, fantasy, Into the Flames, Myers-Briggs, young adult
Six Reasons Why This Blog Post Is Lame
I have to admit something to you all. I am on the brink of being overwhelmed, and that is why you have not had an overabundance of blog posts from me recently. This is all completely my fault. Offered projects whose completion dates loomed far in the future or even in that wonderful land of […]
Posted in Writing
Tagged as: editing, my writing, NaNoWriMo, Reading
My Weakness Is Found in…My Strength?
This might be a “duh” to you, but I just had a big realization today. I love rules. I thrive on them. I’m not classified as an ISTJ for nothing. And sometimes this makes me come off mean and heartless. I don’t want to be that way, but rules are really important, people! On Tuesday […]
Posted in Personal, Writing
Tagged as: editing, Myers-Briggs, Tate