Category Archives: Books

May and the set up for JuNoWriMo

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Suzanne Schultz Pick

Once again, the promise of getting a novel written in one month appears in JuNoWriMo. I have signed up to do this so many times, and something always happens. Granted, I have done better in the summer than in autumn … Continue reading →

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Getting through a first draft

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Suzanne Schultz Pick

Get through a draft as quickly as possible. Hard to know the shape of the thing until you have a draft…when I wrote the last page of my first draft of Lincoln’s Melancholy I thought, Oh, shit, now I get … Continue reading →

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Extroverts and writing every day

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Suzanne Schultz Pick

March has been ticking along nicely, and the idea of Spring turns up here and there. I’ve at least been able to put my snow boots away. (Well, at least moved them from the bottom on the stairs.) Last week … Continue reading →

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What happens before breakfast?

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Suzanne Schultz Pick

I’ve heard it said many times that our best time to write is when we’re sleepy. Some writers feel better getting to work before dawn, and some write better late at night. When you’re working full time, what works best … Continue reading →

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Writing and publishing goals for the New Year

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Suzanne Schultz Pick

Now that I’ve been working in libraries for a few months, I’ve come to a strange conclusion about books – there are a lot of them, but only some really popular ones. In our library, the authors who move the … Continue reading →

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