Road Trip Wednesday - Best Book of September

 

 Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ from YA Highway where each week there is a writing- or reading-related question for us to answer. Check out YA Highway to follow along with everyone who participates. :-)   This Week's Topic: 
What was the best book you read in September?

 My picks:

The Pledge by Kimberly Derting

It's some seriously good writing with an amazing new story that I loved every page of. You should definitely add this one to your TBR list.

So how about you? What was your favorite book of September? 

Road Trip Wednesday - Cover Love

 

 Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ from YA Highway where each week there is a writing- or reading-related question for us to answer. Check out YA Highway to follow along with everyone who participates. :-)   This Week's Topic: 
What are your all-time favorite book covers?

 My picks:

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin - My most current obsession

A Need So Beautiful by Suzanne Young

Tempest by Julie Cross

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

So how about you? What are your all-time favorite book covers? 

Write, Revise, Rinse, Repeat

Twelve days ago I finished the first draft of my most current WIP. I sent it off to my crit partners and some betas and I've been twiddling my thumbs and playing around very gently with a new project. The new project isn't inspiring me as much as I'd hoped and I'm finding that I'm still very much immersed in the head of my MC of the drafted WIP. 

I had a few ideas swirling around for how to improve the draft and allowed myself to see how it felt to add that into the story last night. Let's just say it didn't fit and I walked away more than a little frustrated. After some brainstorming with my crit partner this morning, it now makes sense to me as to why it wasn't working. It wasn't where the story was supposed to go--at least not at that point. And now that I've talked it through and can clearly see it all playing out in my head I'm so ready to dig back in. 

Revising may not be the most fun part of writing the story, but it sure is necessary. It's also such an amazing thing when you have a crit partner (or two!) who really understand your characters and your vision. I honestly don't know what I'd do without mine. I'm absolutely a better writer because of them. 

Now, with all that being said, let the real revisions begin. I'm.....er......excited! :-)