Briana Woods-Conklin

Hello! After a few weeks off from blogging, I am back! And officially living in a new state! Things are going well, and while there is cer...

I'm moving! It's official. As of September 5th, I will be the new Junior Project Marketing Manager at a really great academic publis...

I started writing my current book in January. January through mid April I wrote my first draft. After taking the rest of April off to finish...

When I think of revision, I think about cutting back – deleting sentences, shortening word count, streamlining the plot, making the story as...

This week, I read  Gobsmacked!  by my formed mentor Stephen Roxburgh. A wonderful piece about Roald Dahl and their time working together, St...

Writing is often seen as a chore. A habit you have to enforce. A discipline you practice. An endeavor you pursue. And all of thi...

I had a great moment this week. It was the moment I officially knew that I loved reading again. You see, grad school was hard. And reading 5...

A lot of people ask me how my revision is going. And it's a question I appreciate a lot. It shows encouragement,  interest in my work an...

Last night I went to the bookstore with my mother. While we browsed some books, mostly we poked around the selection of beautiful trinkets m...

So as I've been plugging alone in my revision, I will admit, it hasn't been the most exciting venture. But hey, that's okay. Bec...

Oh, revision. That's what I've been doing lately. And to be honest, part of me misses the days of writing and creating, though of co...

The first day I started revising, after I pushed through my nerves and sat at my computer and crossed the start line, I think I felt somethi...