self-editing – Confabulator Cafe

Write Like Your Mom’s Not Watching

R.L. Naquin - September 5, 2012

Let’s be clear from the outset. My mom is the last person I fear judgment from in my work. But I think every writer second guesses their decisions about how far to go in sex scenes. In Monster in My Closet, I wrestled a great deal with writing the incubus plotline. Not because it was […]

What If My Mom Reads This? (Week Ending Sept 8)

Cafe Management - September 2, 2012

As writers, our imaginations often run wild. We can imagine everything from a chaste kiss to passionate lovemaking. We can envision acts of terrorism as easily as we dream up acts of heroism. The only thing that limits an imagination is one’s own restraint. Writers often walk the edge of what’s socially acceptable. Sometimes we […]

How to Self-Edit: For Non-Pantsters

R.L. Naquin - April 4, 2012

The timing for this week’s topic is perfect. I just finished edits on last November’s novel and considered writing this same post for my own blog. So, we’ll do it here, instead. First of all, I should warn you that I’m a little spastic in the planning department. My brain needs something tactile to work […]

‘Edit’ Is a Four-Letter Word (week of 2 April 2012)

Jason Arnett - April 1, 2012

Have you ever encountered someone who said that writing a novel is easy? Settle down, we know it’s not. We’ve been through the process as recently as November, which is – as you know – National Novel Writing Month. We call it NaNoWriMo and those of us that have taken on the challenge are known […]