Writing YA Fiction – Saying Something True About Love
I’m a writer because I am a reader. I love books. I love the escape, the entertainment, the new worlds, and the messages. Most of all, I...
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Heather Clark
Mar 6, 2013
Outlining Is Hard: A Sneak-Peak At My WIP
I think outlining is hard. I said it. I need it, but it ties me up in knots. I’m about 40,000 words into my WIP and I’m still taking...
Heather Clark
Feb 9, 2013
Secrets Of The Universe
Writing fiction is interesting. You want to tell a satisfying story. You can only do this if you can create a satisfying arc for your...
Heather Clark
Feb 7, 2013
We’ll Run Out Of Stuff To Write When We’re Dead
A writing friend commented on Facebook the other day that she had so much left to do on her book. I made the offhanded comment that we...
Heather Clark
Feb 2, 2013
Writing Journey - From First Attempts to Agent
Fair warning: You are about to embark on reading the longest blog post of my bloggerly life. It may bore you. If you don’t care about how...
Heather Clark
Jul 18, 2012
Falling in Love
I’m starting to think of books as romances. Love affairs. Starting a new book is like a new romance. You’re all tingly-twirly with...
Heather Clark
May 30, 2012
Art for Validation
Listening to playtime with my seven-year-old daughter and her cousin today was revealing. They were pretending to be artists. Great...
Heather Clark
May 29, 2012
Rejection Fuels Creativity
…or it can send you into a dark place of despair where no writing occurs. But it’s your choice. At least that’s what I’m telling myself....
Heather Clark
May 18, 2012
Late Nights
I’ve got a nine-week-old baby. Only nine weeks, and he pretty much insists on being held every minute of every day. There is a little...
Heather Clark
May 15, 2012
BIC-Time
Butt-in-chair time. That’s what we’re tracking now in my writing group. It’s funny how most of us feel that when we’re immersed daily in...
Heather Clark
May 2, 2012
Just This Once – Query for The Writer’s Voice
Title: Just This Once Genre: Contemporary YA Word Count: 94,000 words Query: For Sydney Harrison, perfection is more than just a lofty...
Heather Clark
May 2, 2012
Author Blog Here We Go!
So I understand I’m supposed to have a writer blog. So now I have one. And I write. Books. 🙂 Heh. Feel free to follow me on facebook....
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