Jen Frederick's Blog, page 28
March 5, 2013
It’s done!
After some major encouragement and competition from three writing friends, I managed to complete Undeclared and it is now in the hands of an editor. The intense need for feedback is crazy. I feel like emailing it to everyone and asking, “is it okay?” No wonder people love fandom and the immediacy of feedback.
February 11, 2013
Never make plans or deadlines
I think my new year’s resolution, one month late, is to not make deadlines or plans. I had hoped to push out Noah and Grace’s story, Undeclared, by the beginning of January but when I read the finished rough draft it was pretty terrible. So I’ve gone in and torn it apart and am re-writing it.
I think this is karmic payback. I remember an author friend giving me something to read for her and I told her that she should write without fear. Obviously that is easier said than done. Self doubt is a crushing emotion and sometimes each typed word is chased with the thought that it’s not good. Not just “not good enough” but actually not good.
October 26, 2012
National Novel Writing Month
I’ve signed up to commit to writing Bo & Marie’s novel during the month of November. I like goals but I’m afraid I may have bitten off more than I can chew. Here is my NanoWiMo profile page.
October 19, 2012
Hello, World!
I’m so excited to write my first post here on my brand new author blog. The recent rise of New Adult books seems like something I’ve been waiting for my whole life. I am so inspired that I will be publishing a five book series beginning with book one about Noah and Grace, to be published on January 1, 2013. I’m really new to the author blogging thing so I hope to strike the right note between entertaining and NOT boring.
