by LCRooney | Jan 4, 2016 | The Writing Life
I had every intention of finishing my manuscript before the new year. After all, when I made the decision to dedicate myself to writing full-time, ten months still remained in the year. And yet here I sit, at the beginning of 2016, with a draft that is five, maybe...
by LCRooney | Jan 9, 2015 | The Writing Life
As a native New Jerseyan – more importantly, a native Trentonian – my first mystery series (oh, did I mention it’s a series?) is set in the Trenton area. This comes as a surprise to some people, who (naturally, I suppose) assumed I would set my novel in my adopted...
by LCRooney | Jul 29, 2014 | The Writing Life
It’s two o’clock in the morning and I’m burning up the internet, brainstorming with a retired police officer about what happens when a local police investigation runs head-on into an undercover FBI operation, among other scenarios. Yes, it’s true: my job is cooler...
by LCRooney | Apr 21, 2014 | The Writing Life
For Lent, I gave up excuses. I decided to buckle down and write 500 words a day for 40 days. This would result in my manuscript reaching 28,000 words by Easter. Here’s how that turned out… There were nights (I write almost exclusively after dark) I would write 1,500...
by LCRooney | Mar 28, 2014 | The Writing Life
I’ve been working on my first novel on and off since January of last year. I began without an outline; I just started writing the story that seemed to have materialized out of nowhere. This went well. Until it didn’t. Ultimately I had no idea where the story was going...
by LCRooney | Mar 13, 2014 | The Writing Life
Time was, if you were a writer, you sat down and you wrote. When you had something polished and ready for submission, you hired an agent, who found you a publisher, and the publisher printed and promoted your book. Today’s writers are advised to “develop their author...
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