Tag: wip
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Work in Progress Wednesday #2: A Tale of Two Drafts
It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time to post an excerpt from a work in progress! I’ve missed a couple Wednesdays because I’ve been outlining and doing research for my novel. I’ve also had to completely rewrite some portions, which is what I’ll share in this post. I’m going to present the first page from an […]
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Returning to My Ex
Novel writing can be a little bit like a romantic relationship. Love survives and flourishes in an environment where you actively commit to the act of loving. Love doesn’t just happen. Love is something one must do. Novel writing is the same way. A story is nurtured and blooms only when you have the discipline […]
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Excerpt: Up to No Good
My current main project is a novella tentatively titled “Bloom”. It’s about a man who believes he is straight, Ben, falling in love with his gay best friend, David. This is an excerpt. It occurs in the last third of the story, when Ben has begun really wrestle with the question of his sexuality. Is he straight? Is […]
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Finishing
I am so close to finishing the final edits on this short story — and therefore being done with said story — I can taste it. Come to Daddy.
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Do It Again
Long time no post from me! Unfortunately this post won’t offer too much. This was just my writing soundtrack this evening. Incidentally (? or not) the chapter I wrote this evening was entirely about spanking. I really am writing Trufax Srs Bsns Literature tho.
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That moment when . . .
. . . you’re nearly 20,000 words into a project and you realize it should be written in first person present tense, not third person past tense.
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I’m sorry, but . . .
. . . I can’t hear you over the sound of how awesome it is to write an entire chapter about fellatio.
J. S. Kuiken 