Author Archives: Nicole Glover

Coming to rest for a brief time I don’t hike, but I feel as I come to the end of the work on the draft of my next book it’s much like reaching the summit of a decent size mountain. I get to pause and bask in the sense of accomplishment, but even as IContinue reading “Dispatch #2 from the Revision Trenches”

Revising is all about that muddled middle For the past week or so I felt like I was hacking away with a machete at my book, as I started making my judicious cuts. It’s going well for the most part. A few changes I made, such as culling characters and tweaking some others helped meContinue reading “Dispatch #1 from the Revision Trenches”

Sometimes I do my best writing by letting my mind wonder I jumped back into the saddle this week with my current draft. I’ve been away for about two months, letting it simmer before I entered this last leg of work. While I stayed busy in the meantime, I still felt pretty fresh jumping rightContinue reading “Yes, staring at walls is still writing”

In a couple of weeks I’ll be in DC for the Imaginarium Book Festival. It’s a free book festival held a really snazzy place not far from the National Mall. The event runs from 10 -4 on Saturday and 11-4 on Sunday. There’s going to be be great lineup of authors there, a photo booth,Continue reading “Where to find me: May 20 – 21”

Lots of words, so little time The funny thing about writing is sometimes you have to write a different story to figure out the problems in the one currently working on. I’m taking a little break from my next book to let it breathe before diving back in for another round of edits. While IContinue reading “April Showers May Bring Word Showers”

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