Ramblings of an aspiring writer

I just finished reading a really enjoyable book, and as much as it taught me about weaving romance in with fantasy, I came to the realization that the books that ended up in my dreaded DNF (did not finish) pile could teach me things too.
When I was younger, not finishing a book was a very [...]

I was talking to a friend of mine about writing today. Someone had told her not to be too critical of first drafts. She told me she wanted to kick them “because first drafts suck”. 
            Which got me to thinking: writers often refer to their books as “their children”, especially when we send them [...]