Musings by Andora Brokaw

Category: Books

  • 10/02/24 Meeting Transcript

    Snow Kiss: Excuse me? I was under the impression you were going to be revising me, but you seem to be NOT DOING THAT. What gives? Me: So, I missed a lot of goals last week due to a combination of things, including a deep concern about my mother’s hometown being destroyed by flooding and…

  • Meet Kaz

    Happy Banned Books Week! As a writer, I clearly have opinions on banning books. (It’s BAD. Duh.) Another profession that generally comes with opinions on book bans is that of librarian. Which takes me to the first of a series on introducing my characters. This is not my character. This is an image I yanked…

  • 9/25/2024 Meeting Transcript

    Me: Hey, Shadow Kiss Act 1! How are you feeling? Act 1: Different. But in a good way. I really like parts of me. Me: Ideally, you’d like all of you, but it’s okay not to yet. Act 1: I’m not a rough draft anymore, though. Shouldn’t I be… Better? Me: Second drafts are nowhere…

  • Meeting Transcript 9/18/2024

    Shadow Kiss: Wait. You’re not done with me yet! Have you not seen my list of things to change in me? Me: I’m aware of the list. You may note that the graphic only claims to have completed the ROUGH DRAFT, not to have completed the novel. Also, if you examine yourself, you’ll see I…

  • Meeting Transcript 9/11/2024

    Shadow Kiss: Hey, Andy! I’m still feeling incomplete. Am I imagining that? Me: You are, in fact, two chapters away from being done. Shadow Kiss: Why are you taking so long? Me: I’m actually still on schedule. Shadow Kiss: Oh. Why was your schedule so lazy? Me: It involves 3-6 hours of work on you…