kt literary will be off on a short vacation tomorrow through Tuesday, taking in some sun, some sand, some cervezas, and some beach reading. What’s on the pile?
Pub day is still about two months away, but you can read the exciting first chapter of BAND GEEK LOVE now, on Josie Bloss’s website!
It’s one thing when your writing is going well, and you’re on a roll, tossing chapters off with the ease of Carrie Bradshaw-esque bon mots about shoes, but what do you do when it’s not going well, when the thought of sitting down to your favored writing device is as uncomfortable to imagine as getting out of a warm, cosy bed on a chilly morning? What do you do?
Friend-of-the-blog Jean O. writes, “I have heard a lot of smack talk about using the present tense when writing a novel. Yet, I see it used frequently in chick lit and find that it works quite well for me as a reader. Is this tense (and point of view) something that agents are on the lookout for or secretly despise?”
SUMMER’s on the way! CRUEL SUMMER, that is, by Alyson Noel. I just got my early finished copies the other day, and they look great! Of course, now I’m also thinking of hot sand, and long beaches, and cool blue water…
