Fiction Author
Every now and then, though, my creativity still gets stuck. Jammed and contorted like a paper jam in a printer, and I have to try to figure out where the problem is before I can fix it. I have several go-to solutions for kickstarting my creativity.
So, I had a choice before me: I could cling to my story as it was written, including all book and song references, and pay a possibly exorbitant amount in licensing fees, OR I could rewrite certain sections, change the references or take them out completely.
Well, I have been promising this post for over a month, but the summer got away from me, as summers seem to do. So, here I am finally fulfilling my promise. Writing is not a simple action, nor is it the same for every author or for every genre. Everyone's process is different. But to... Continue Reading →
This week we are going through the physical proof copy of A Light from the Ashes with a fine tooth comb and a purple pen. It is a strange fact that there are things you can catch in a print copy that you can't catch in an electronic copy. It is surprising to think... Continue Reading →
Well, it has been a most eventful summer, my friends. Thus, my absence from this blog. Relationships have come and gone, new horizons have been tackled. But now I have settled into the groove of teaching again this fall semester, and I'm writing again. As A Light from the Ashes reached a point where I... Continue Reading →
Rachel Anne Cox 