Jackson Pearce's Blog, page 37

This Book Is Really Hard To Write

So I'm working on my nanowrimo novel, which is a historical fantasy and has gone through the following titles: A BRILLIANT DARKNESS, FINN, A WORLD BEFORE US, and about...um...eight others. I'm not good at titles. I know I said I wasn't officially doing nanowrimo, but now that drive to WIN is kicking in and I'm going to try to get caught up today.

This is especially difficult because OMG THIS BOOK IS REALLY HARD TO WRITE.

I chose this idea to flesh out because I wanted to expand my writing with ...

The F-Bomb

There's been a lot of talk about why authors should or shouldn't use mature language, themes, or concepts in YA literature. So I did a video!



I'll give you a dollar is you link/repost this. Seriously. A whole dollar. Yep...going to get those dollars now...just keep reposting...

T F-Bomb

There's been a lot of talk about why authors should or shouldn't use mature language, themes, or concepts in YA literature. So I did a video!



I'll give you a dollar is you link/repost this. Seriously. A whole dollar. Yep...going to get those dollars now...just keep reposting...

AASL and Nanowrimo

I am not doing Nanowrimo this year.
Well, not officially.
See, I'm a big fan of Nanowrimo. I think it's the reason I got unstuck with my writing back when I was a freshman in college. It gave me permission to write something kinda crappy, which was EXACTLY what I needed-- I was so obsessed with writing something PERFECT that I ended up just NOT writing for fear my work would have flaws (gasp!). I've done Nano most years ever since, and typically write the first draft of ALL my work with the sam...

Two Things You CAN have!

More SISTERS RED

SO, the SISTERS RED cover is out! In the world! And I love it. Here's a clearer version:



I love it. Love it love it love it. I can't wait to see how it looks on the hardcover. I keep staring at it. Can I hug it? I might hug it.

After my parents, sister, grandparents, students, and friends snatched up their ARCs, I have six left to give away here in contests I'll be holding over the next few months. Unfortunately, I do not have any ARCs to give to review sites or book blogs, but you're as welcom...

OH LOOK

How awesome is my editor? She sends fruit rollups and ties everything up with a red bow.
AND now the SISTERS RED cover is out and shareable and you can understand how much I LOVE AND ADORE IT.

I shot a video but...um...well, I just woke up and when I saw how my hair looked in said video...um....yeah.

Waiting

SISTERS RED arcs should be coming soon.
Soon soon soon.
*taps desk*
*tappity tap tap*
*checks mailbox*
*asks concierge if there are any packages for me*
*back upstairs for more tappity tap tapping*

I'm so excited because when the arcs get here, the cover can be shown and the book can be read and all that other good stuff.
In the meantime, I've been:
-Working on SWEETLY edits a little bit
-Playing with Space Dog and Alcott
-Outlining a new mss
-Figuring out vlog logistics (There's a vlog that's been in th...

Things I'm Bad At

Before I sold AS YOU WISH, I felt like once I got published, writing would be easier. Things would flow, I'd be more confident, my problems would dissolve, so on, so forth.

Sadly, that isn't the case. Writing doesn't get any easier. In fact, it's still HARD usually. Like, pull-my-hair-out-ow-my-brain-hurts-where-are-the-fruit-rollups hard.

Anyhow, so since writing is HARD sometimes, I think it's important to take a real, honest, lets-be-serious look at what you're good at and what you're bad at...

I've been away because...

I GOT A PUPPY:







She's a Chinese Crested. Her name is Kipling. She looks like she is from SPACE and that's outstanding.