Kathleen Heady's Blog (4)

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Few of us have the luxury of being able to write for long, productive, uninterrupted stretches each day. And when life gets busy, it can be difficult to hold on to the belief that "yes, I am a writer."

I try to do some small thing each day, whether it is rereading and revising a chapter, sending out a submission, making a contact, writing a blog post. It may seem simple, but at the end of the day, I know I have accomplished a meaningful task. And the small things add up. A chapter a day,… Continue

Writing a synopsis of a novel is every bit as evil as everyone says, and much more difficult than writing the novel itself.

When writing a novel, you have the freedom to let your imagination run as wild as your characters do, and it the story wants to take an unexpected twist, you can allow it the freedom to do just that. Even if you have worked your way through revision number seven, tightening and elaborating the path of the story, you still have that freedom. You are still the… Continue

During my "free" days in this busy summer, I am devoting my mornings to promoting my soon-to-be-released novel, and finishing the next one.



Today so far:



I worked on my web site. One day soon I will be able to hire someone to do this technical dirty work. I struggled with updating the appearance, and then ran into a snag when the images on the home page decided to overlap across each other. So I have a call for help in to the powers that be.



I wrote an entry on… Continue