Andrea McElwain

This is too good not to share. Agent Jennifer Jackson’s take on how query letters are similar to various Halloween-appropriate creatures: http://arcaedia.livejournal.com/214600.html

I didn’t get as much writing done over the weekend as I’d hoped because, first, I had to come in to work for half a day, and second, I was dragged (kicking and screaming, of course) into an Unexpected Adventure on Saturday. The high point – literally – was this: The view from the top [...]

I read an article not long ago (I can’t remember where) that talked about what a recent change it was for people to believe that their job needed to have some sort of meaning and satisfaction. It used to be that what you did for work was just what you did for work. What is [...]

I hit my goal for over 3000 words over the weekend. I’m getting back into the rhythm. I finished a major section toward the end, and decided that was as far as I could go without re-writing the beginning. I can’t tie the threads together at the end if I don’t know what they are. [...]