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  • on blurbs, pitches, and what needs to be done

    Hi. Today I'm looking at those blurbs on the backs (or inside flaps) of books. Trying to write a pitch thing for my novel, but first I have to figure out how to go about this business of writing what. Like, what are they supposed to sound like? What are they supposed to tell about the story? This...
    Posted to Your Smile On Fire (Weblog) by jordynt on 12-07-2007

  • chapter seven

    Okay, so I'm looking for a good part of my novel to share here... okay, chapter seven. (My chapters are kinda short, as far as chapters go.) Oh, and the story is about a girl who lives in this small Texas town and desperately wants to get out, especially after her best friend moves to Chicago and...
    Posted to Your Smile On Fire (Weblog) by jordynt on 12-06-2007

  • officially happy dancing

    I. Finished. My. Novel. And now I have to start my next one. Which means finding another good topic, another main character, another imaginary world just the same as our real world. It's going to be hard to top Kris and Johnson though, hard to top Ash Creek. Hard to top what I think might actually...
    Posted to Your Smile On Fire (Weblog) by jordynt on 12-03-2007

  • a short one, mostly about confessions

    I have a confession. I can't help it: I love The Hills . I realize this is sad and pathetic, but it's also true. There's something about watching people whose lives have even more drama than my own that's kind of reassuring. It's like, "Hey! At least I'm not them!" Anyways...
    Posted to Your Smile On Fire (Weblog) by jordynt on 11-30-2007

  • songs that remind me (maybe i'll post more later?)

    Wow. Okay, first off, bravo to Haley for attempting to write a novel of approximately 100k words. (Correct me if I'm wrong on that, Haley.) Because my goal is 50k, which I guess is okay since it's YA. It better be okay. But anyways, I was up until midnight last night working on it... the words...
    Posted to Your Smile On Fire (Weblog) by jordynt on 11-29-2007
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