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A Week of Mondays – Day 3 #BehindtheBook

Day 3! Here we go! Stats: Date: 9/5/14 Words Written: 2622 Total Words to Date: 6477 Pages Written: 10 Total Pages To Date: 27 Chapters Completed: 2 Total Chapters to Date: 6 Time Elapsed: 3.5 hours General Mood (1-10): 7 Notes: Today was my best day so far,  word-count wise, but my lowest “mood” rating.  … Read more


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A Week of Mondays – Day 2 #BehindTheBook

In case you missed my post yesterday, I’m live blogging (diary style) the progress of writing my new manuscript,  A WEEK OF MONDAYS (which will be released by FSG/Macmillan in Spring 2016), to give fellow writers (and readers) an inside look into my writing process. Click here to read the first post or you can  … Read more


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A Week of Mondays – Day 1 #BehindTheBook

Today I started a new book. It’s technically the 12th book I’ve ever written but the 8th that will be published. (You do the math about my rejection-laden past.) The book is called A WEEK OF MONDAYS. It won’t be out until Spring of 2016. But I get so many questions from fellow writers about  … Read more


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