Rambling thoughts on revisions
If you’re following my Twitter feed at all, you’ll know that I’ve been working voraciously on revisions of “Buk Tu” the sequel to The...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Mar 13, 2012
- 2 min
A strange sort of vanity?
I love reading The Tale of Telsharu. Is this weird? I’ve heard of fellow authors who cannot look at their works, once they are published....
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Feb 25, 2012
- 1 min
#1 writing advice
If I had one piece of advice to give to writers–aspiring or established–it is this. Write every day. Let nothing interfere with this...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Feb 8, 2012
- 2 min
Writing, solitary? Hardly.
I always have to laugh a little when I hear people discuss the solitary art of writing. Talking about writers who holed up in an...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Feb 3, 2012
- 1 min
Moment of inspiration
I had a vision. This morning, as I was lying in bed trying to avoid the necessity of getting up and starting my day, I was thinking about...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Jan 27, 2012
- 2 min
The Episodic Novel
I have never been a big TV watcher. I still never watch TV shows on TV, but rather I watch shows on DVD, a season at a time (when I watch...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Jan 19, 2012
- 1 min
My writing soundtrack
I believe that most writers use music (or sound) which to some extent influences the writing process. Some experience this more strongly...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Nov 1, 2011
- 1 min
What is this NaNoWriMo thing?
NaNoWriMo = National Novel Writing Month. Every November, writers across the world join together in the commitment to write 50,000 words...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Sep 28, 2011
- 2 min
Whew…the long haul
It has been a crazy couple of months! June marked the release of The Tale of Telsharu, which has been garnering positive reviews from...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Jul 29, 2011
- 1 min
Forthcoming Tales of the Seventh Empire
If you look down and to your right, you will see a section labeled “Current Projects” and contained therein, a progress bar. This would...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Jul 19, 2011
- 3 min
Collaborating with a Co-Author
One of the most common questions we get is something like this: “How does it work, having a co-author?” Writing is different for...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Jul 14, 2011
- 2 min
Just a little surreal
Last week, I went on a leadership retreat with a group of students from my Taekwondo studio. We were camping, went hiking and spent a lot...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- May 4, 2011
- 2 min
What Makes Characters Believable?
What makes our characters engaging to readers? The other night, I was discussing with Ashley Stubbs two books that I recently read at her...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Apr 21, 2011
- 3 min
Why I’m wary of critique groups
As I have ventured out into the world as a writer–and now as a soon-to-be-published author–I have been astounded again and again by how...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Apr 15, 2011
- 3 min
Brainstorming (Our writing process, part 2)
Fortune shone upon us this week. We had a lucky overlap of my Spring Break (the future ninjas are out of school, which means no classes...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Apr 7, 2011
- 2 min
Our New Project, part 1
© 2011 Samuel Stubbs As Valerie mentioned earlier, she and I have just started working on some ideas for a new story. So I thought that...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Mar 31, 2011
- 3 min
Our writing process, part 1
The actual process of writing is different for every writer. I have always been fascinated by the habits of different writers, new and...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Jan 13, 2011
- 3 min
All in a Title
I’ve been waiting to write this post for a while–a very LONG while, truth be told. You see, Sam and I had a ridiculous time trying to...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Dec 3, 2010
- 2 min
NaNoWriMo recap
Another November gone, and with it goes National Novel Writing Month. It took me two days or so to recover enough for this post. What a...
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Valerie Mechling Holley
- Nov 30, 2010
- 3 min
Discovery Writers v. Worldbuilders
I’ve been told several times that there are two different kinds of writers. This applies to all writers, though the terminology I use...
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