Cracking the Whip

Assassinssits with Marti, of the Editing McKennas, and I must get cracking onStormcaller #3. NaNoWriMo is in just a few weeks and I need to plot out this thing that’s gestated in my brain for the past year.

As I get corrections back from the editor, I experience a curious admixture of relief and self-loathing. I’m always glad to spot problems before the public does, but I always want to flagellate myself with barbed wire for making the goof in the first place. My inner critic probably ties wit...