Allen Eskens's Blog, page 3
May 10, 2013
IT'S OFFICIAL!
My novel, THE LIFE WE BURY, has found a home!
Seventh Street Books (an imprint of Prometheus Books) has acquired the rights to my book and has scheduled its launch for the fall/winter of 2014. I am looking forward to working with my editor, Dan Mayer, whose reputation precedes him. I want to thank my agent, Amy Cloughley of the Kimberley Cameron Agency, for her hard work, enthusiasm, and faith.
To memorialize and commemorate the occasion, I have copied the announcement from Publ...
Seventh Street Books (an imprint of Prometheus Books) has acquired the rights to my book and has scheduled its launch for the fall/winter of 2014. I am looking forward to working with my editor, Dan Mayer, whose reputation precedes him. I want to thank my agent, Amy Cloughley of the Kimberley Cameron Agency, for her hard work, enthusiasm, and faith.
To memorialize and commemorate the occasion, I have copied the announcement from Publ...
March 12, 2013
SLOW IT DOWN
As if in slow motion…
The next time those words pop into your head—stop writing. Here are some ways to slow down the pace of a novel without resorting to that tired phrase.
1) Increase the level of your detail . In the constant balance between plot and scene, the greater the detail of the scene, the slower the pace of the novel.
2) Go back in time before the current event . Bullet is about to hit the character and he reflects on the misste...
