by stacia | Jan 2, 2015 | monthly wrap-up, reading
Before we start with the books, a quick programming note: Welcome to 2015! I’m starting off with my December 2014 Book Wrap-up but come back next week for either two or three (I haven’t decided yet) posts addressing reading, writing, and editing as they...
by stacia | Dec 11, 2014 | editing
When Astrid asked me to edit “The Last Superhero,” a lot of thoughts went through my mind. It wasn’t my first full-length novel. I’d edited at least half a dozen before this one. It wasn’t even my first time editing her work – I’ve edited two full-length novels and...
by stacia | Dec 1, 2014 | monthly wrap-up, reading
The second half of November, once I finished some major work events, was great for reading. I finished 7 books in all, though among that I’m including one I edited (I’ll have read it about 4 times by the time I finish work on it this week). This was a...
by stacia | Nov 11, 2014 | monthly wrap-up, reading
I have been working working working and so this post is late late late! Ack! October was a decent reading month with 5 books total. Two of them were shorter books but one was 771 pages long (and felt even longer) so I’m going to consider that a very good month....
by stacia | Oct 6, 2014 | monthly wrap-up, reading
It’s time again (already?!?) for my monthly book wrap-up. After a disappointing August with only 2 books, I was ready to really bump it up in September. Oh yeah! And did I succeed? Um, I read 3 books last month. But let’s focus on the positive – all...
by stacia | Sep 24, 2014 | writing
Over the years, I’ve taken multiple courses online from Gotham Writers at writingclasses.com. Most of their online courses are 6-10 weeks long and include weekly lessons to read and discuss with your classmates, exercises to complete on your own, homework with...
