February is, in my mind, the worst month. I don’t care that it’s the shortest, I just count that as the tiniest of blessings in this otherwise inexcusable misery of a time period. It doesn’t matter that the light is starting to […]
Warning: Mild spoilers ahead for Stephen King’s Fairy Tale. I’m staying away from major plot points and being as vague as possible about the elements I do talk about, but I don’t want to be blamed for ruining anyone’s good time. […]
I buckled down this week and started reviewing one of my alpha reader’s suggestions and edits for my novel. One of the things I had to figure out was how, exactly, I’m going to approach this. The book is long, and I […]
At yesterday’s meeting with the Toronto Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers group, a friend there mentioned that he’d been reading my blog and peeling back the layers of the onion that is Erin. While I’m truly delighted to know when my friends […]
I’m not a person who sets New Year’s resolutions. I used to, and they invariably failed. A single failure or setback on the road to some lofty goal, and I immediately fall into despair that I’m not good enough. The goal then […]
I’ve always wished I was an artist, of the drawing or painting type. My mind is filled with visions of beautiful things, but I’ve never had the talent or patience to learn to create them. What comes out on paper is always […]
On the last episode of the Erin Tells Lies blog, I told you about how I’d sent out the first digital copies of my novel to my selected alpha readers. This week, I received the three physical copies I ordered for those […]
Earlier this week I hit another milestone – I sent four people digital copies of my novel. On Monday, I will have printed copies for the three people who preferred a physical copy to mark up. A bit later than the November […]
At the end of October, I told you all that I was done dithering, and committed to getting my novel in front of my selected alpha readers by the end of November. It’s now November 27, and it’s time I got moving. […]