Valerie Mechling HolleyApr 11, 20121 min“Having written”“I do not like to write – I like to have written.” ― Gloria Steinem I saw this quote earlier today. Reading it, I laughed, and almost...
Valerie Mechling HolleyApr 11, 20122 minAll night revisionsToday is the day. We are presenting the manuscript of Buk Tu to our editor for his first review. This is both a major event, and a minor...
Valerie Mechling HolleyApr 7, 20123 minEpigraphs, poetry, and rhyming in fictional languagesI have a great love of epigraphs. With my own work, I am particularly fond of fictional quotations or works from in-world sources. For...
Valerie Mechling HolleyApr 4, 20122 minI #amrevising and I may be #goingcrazyRevisions have been a roller coaster ride this week. Six days ago, Sam and I discussed a new scene that we felt needed to be added to...