Jennifer Hillier

Stephen King

Are we breaking up?

As a rule I don't dis other writers, but I will say that nothing breaks my heart more as a reader than when a writer sells out. I'm not talking about the fame or the fortune – I don't think it's selling out to want those things.  I'm referring to when a writer...

It’s the end of the world as we know it

In the face of economic crisis, war, and swine flu (not to mention a thousand other horrible things), life can get pretty depressing. 2009 is kind of a bleak year, don't you think?  I personally know three people who've lost their jobs.  And another two who...

A little less conversation

The first draft of my current novel clocks in at 135,105 words.  Anyone who's written a novel knows exactly what this means just by looking at this number, but to give my non-writer pals some perspective, this translates to 468 pages using double-spaced Times New...

The sound of silence

I have to bring my A-game for revisions.  Every time.  Every chapter.  Every sentence. There's no dropping the ball in the third draft.  I've had my fun writing organically (first draft), I've searched for plot holes and inconsistencies in...

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